I have a 200GB Seagate that sat in box for a few years, it was a refirb I got from a previous warranty repair. I rebuild an XP scratch box so there is no data of importance, I just use it to run some games for lan party type stuff.

The system started to act funny and event logs show bad sectors on the HDD. Not worth buying a new drive, but I would like to keep the drive working for as long as possible. The system does freak when it bangs on those sectors though.

Whats the best way, or utility, to step around those bad sectors? Im scanning with standard MS tools right now, but I see some other tools mentioned along with this site. I realize it may be next week before its the end, but I can chance a few 'fixes' if I can make this thing last a while.

Best person to ask is BlackST

Do a remap scan with mhdd.

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