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samsung sp1203n many bad sectors and clicking - any HOPE?

August 22nd, 2005, 8:18

hello

i have this samsung sp1203n (120G) , this is what i know:

drive identified in bios but says " primary hdd fail"
can see the drive with mhdd 4.6 and the drive registers ok : ready
passport ok
when i start the scan many bad sectors at 1% of the drive about 700
unc errors. tried to copy with "copyr" no success. cant use winhex
cause the drive hangs windows. i have 2 partitions on the drive
and need the info.

any suggestions??

thanks
A>S

SP120

August 23rd, 2005, 3:18

Hi,
i am also having the same problem. anyone knows the solution to the problem ?

August 23rd, 2005, 5:51

do you have the same model?

or is it other model?

SV4002h

August 24th, 2005, 1:13

Its SV4002H.
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