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How to erase slow sectors
Posted: July 31st, 2007, 9:44
by cybernick
I do not care about the data and the capacity I will loose. Just is there a method to erase (make them totally unusable) the slow sectors? If so which software and how?
I tried MHDD but it did not help me (erase, scan erase delay and remap did not help)
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: July 31st, 2007, 19:13
by Dmitry Postrigan
Short answer - there is no way to do that
Longer answer - some people probably can do that, but in most cases it does not make sense because the drive will die very soon anyways.
Sorry
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: August 1st, 2007, 6:48
by cybernick
I send one of HDD in that state to a tech guy. He did something and fixed it. He did not tell me? I am sure that there should be a solution. I do not care I can even loose the half capacity.
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: August 4th, 2007, 13:21
by rameez
which brand is the hdd ? And the best solution for these drives is selfscan .
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: August 5th, 2007, 9:55
by cybernick
The drive is Toshiba MK2023GAS. Any idea about this
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: August 5th, 2007, 12:48
by RJARRRPCGP
I suggest that you use Victoria and try again. It seemed to catch slow sectors better.
Re: How to erase slow sectors
Posted: September 29th, 2007, 22:27
by aleste81
http://files.hddguru.com/search makebad it transform slow sectors into bad.