HDD GURU FORUMS

Hi,
i have been having bad sectors in my hard drive for around 2-3 months and thankfully they are not spreading. However, i wish if they could be removed from the File Allocation Table so that they are no longer used by windows for file storage. To do this i tried the following but in vain :
1) Using the default windows "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" - This ends in between with a blue screen err
2) Using software in the market that promise they can "magnetically reverse" the bad sectors and "clean" them - These ended in between freezing the computer.
3) Long Format - The computer froze here as well.

what i was looking for is a software that is not very high-fi but simply one that could identify and remove the bad sectors from the available disk space(platform Win / Dos /Linux , anything). i don't care for the lost disk space.

Thanks ,.

hello

you would need hardware tool to remap the platter
so it skips over the damaged sector

if i was you i would not use it and get another drive.
as its more likely failing

but you can try these programs below they might help

HDD Regenerator

Ariolic Disk Scanner

Flobo Hard Disk Repair

anachronycx wrote:Hi,
i have been having bad sectors in my hard drive for around 2-3 months and thankfully they are not spreading. However, i wish if they could be removed from the File Allocation Table so that they are no longer used by windows for file storage. To do this i tried the following but in vain :
1) Using the default windows "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" - This ends in between with a blue screen err
2) Using software in the market that promise they can "magnetically reverse" the bad sectors and "clean" them - These ended in between freezing the computer.
3) Long Format - The computer froze here as well.

what i was looking for is a software that is not very high-fi but simply one that could identify and remove the bad sectors from the available disk space(platform Win / Dos /Linux , anything). i don't care for the lost disk space.

Thanks ,.

Well,
I am Based in Chandigarh [ India ] And Have All The Tools To Remap This To The Factory Defect List Instead of The Growing Defect List .You Could then Use Your Drive Properly .If i could know your Make and Model i could Send You a Quote For This .

PS : i Would Not Be Able To Do this before 15th as My New workshop is under construction here