how to check hdd and mark bad sectors

[shark1]

Gents,

I just need to check hard disk (read/write operations) and mark all failed sectors as bad.
Which software can do it ?

Should I do it before partition (Windows XP, NTFS) creation or after ?

ps. chkdsk /r is not well.

Thanks

[poehere]

Read posts on MHDD this should give you your answers. Do a search on this program and download it and use it.