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Author: | abolibibelot [ July 23rd, 2019, 17:13 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Toshiba 750GB Laptop HDD Health Issue, Need Repair |
Well, what would be the purpose ? As far as I know, it is not possible to actually “fix” a drive with bad sectors (only the manufacturer can do that), it is only possible to do a so-called “cosmetic fix”, i.e. make it so that the drive reports a flawless SMART status even though it does have flaws, which are therefore hidden. If the purpose is to continue using the drive, it's pointless (because it is not fixed and it is no longer reliable). And if the purpose is to re-sell it, it's very bad practice... Ditto for the bad mofo who pretends to “fix” drives for a fee. |
Author: | rehansonu [ July 25th, 2019, 3:06 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Toshiba 750GB Laptop HDD Health Issue, Need Repair |
abolibibelot wrote: Well, what would be the purpose ? As far as I know, it is not possible to actually “fix” a drive with bad sectors (only the manufacturer can do that), it is only possible to do a so-called “cosmetic fix”, i.e. make it so that the drive reports a flawless SMART status even though it does have flaws, which are therefore hidden. If the purpose is to continue using the drive, it's pointless (because it is not fixed and it is no longer reliable). And if the purpose is to re-sell it, it's very bad practice... Ditto for the bad mofo who pretends to “fix” drives for a fee. Thank you for your reply.. yes I am looking for Cosmetic Fix... I have no intention to sell the damaged HDDs but just to learn the trick. Kindly tell me that Cosmetic Fix will change the SMART status and any tool that can identify it to its real state? |
Author: | ddrecovery [ July 25th, 2019, 10:26 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Toshiba 750GB Laptop HDD Health Issue, Need Repair |
rehansonu wrote: Thank you for your reply.. yes I am looking for Cosmetic Fix... I have no intention to sell the damaged HDDs but just to learn the trick. Kindly tell me that Cosmetic Fix will change the SMART status and any tool that can identify it to its real state? You cannot 'fix' the drive. You can hide the errors, but SMART is telling you the drive is failing. That is the whole point of SMART. Save your data and buy a new hard drive. |
Author: | BGman [ August 4th, 2019, 3:05 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Toshiba 750GB Laptop HDD Health Issue, Need Repair |
abolibibelot wrote: As far as I know, it is not possible to actually “fix” a drive with bad sectors (only the manufacturer can do that), Most of us can fix drives like this.... |
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