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ghost
 Post subject: SMART prob on Toshiba HDD
PostPosted: June 16th, 2008, 12:49 
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How do we fix a BAD SMART status on a Toshiba Laptop HDD showing Reallocated Sectors Count exceeding a threshold limit?

What if it's a Hitachi Laptop HDD with same problem?
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ghost
 Post subject: Re: SMART prob on Toshiba HDD
PostPosted: June 19th, 2008, 1:57 
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I know this could easily be done with a professional 3rd party hardware-software complex for these brands of HDD's, but is there a way of doing this by some ATA commands?

Like clearing G-List so I could do a FULL ERASE.
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jono-ats
 Post subject: Re: SMART prob on Toshiba HDD
PostPosted: June 19th, 2008, 23:20 
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If a drive has too many reallocated sectors, wiping the G-List is only a temporary fix. The bad sectors will come back to haunt you, ghost . . . .
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ghost
 Post subject: Re: SMART prob on Toshiba HDD
PostPosted: June 20th, 2008, 12:36 
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I know, but who knows the majority are just logical bads? And which could just be handled by full erase...
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salvationlaura
 Post subject: Re: SMART prob on Toshiba HDD
PostPosted: June 22nd, 2008, 23:26 
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jono-ats wrote:
If a drive has too many reallocated sectors, wiping the G-List is only a temporary fix. The bad sectors will come back to haunt you, ghost . . . .
:lol:


Hi, Jon-ats,

This Ghost is a pro. Don't worry.

:) :mrgreen:

Regards

Laura

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