Tools for hard drive diagnostics, repair, and data recovery
September 13th, 2008, 14:55
Sorry everyone I am fairly new to the ins and outs of hard drives I apologize for this question as I know it is most likely an easy one. I was just curious as to what programs such as Victoria mean when the final reports state something such as "9:41:33 Warning Block start at 216595712 = 281 ms". I am quite decent with computers and can do a lot with them unfortunate at this time hard drives still puzzle me a bit especially the scans of them. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide it is much appreciated.
September 13th, 2008, 16:30
When a utility like Victoria or MHDD scans a drive, it reads each block, and times how long it takes to read each block. To simplify my description, when a block takes longer to read, it is likely to show up as bad soon. So, your warning is telling you a block is going bad, and how many Milliseconds it took to read (281).
September 13th, 2008, 19:14
I see many thanks on the explanation I appreciate it greatly. Though if my block is going bad what would be the best course of action to take so that this warning doesn't turn into an error.
September 13th, 2008, 23:25
You can tell the drive to mark that block bad. Details are in the MHDD FAQ if I remember right.
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