HDD physical error...

Zadig Galbaras

Hi ...

What software wil you guys recommend to silt through my harddisk to find
defect sectors/area and fence them out for use?

I'm running Vista home premium with NTFS.


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meerkat

"Zadig Galbaras" <tresfjording@gmail.no> wrote in message
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> Hi ...
>
> What software wil you guys recommend to silt through my harddisk to find
> defect sectors/area and fence them out for use?
>
> I'm running Vista home premium with NTFS.
>
Use your hard drive manufacturers test tools.
D/load from the drive makers own site.
bw..

Zadig Galbaras

I went there, but after downloading, burning and running, after a while I
get this message saying it cannot detect the hard disk.
http://support.packardbell.com/no/it...4124830137#gen
But I wonder; this is test only, isn't it?
I can't see that any of those HDD managers can fix a faulty drive?

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> "Zadig Galbaras" <tresfjording@gmail.no> wrote in message
> news:48122a7a$1@news.broadpark.no...
>> Hi ...
>>
>> What software wil you guys recommend to silt through my harddisk to find
>> defect sectors/area and fence them out for use?
>>
>> I'm running Vista home premium with NTFS.
>>
> Use your hard drive manufacturers test tools.
> D/load from the drive makers own site.
> bw..

Calab

> I went there, but after downloading, burning and running, after a while I get
> this message saying it cannot detect the hard disk.
> http://support.packardbell.com/no/it...4124830137#gen
> But I wonder; this is test only, isn't it?
> I can't see that any of those HDD managers can fix a faulty drive?

Packard Bell doesn't make hard drives, do they?

What is the brand and model number of your hard drive?

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John McGaw

Calab wrote:
>> I went there, but after downloading, burning and running, after a
>> while I get this message saying it cannot detect the hard disk.
>> http://support.packardbell.com/no/it...4124830137#gen
>>
>> But I wonder; this is test only, isn't it?
>> I can't see that any of those HDD managers can fix a faulty drive?
>
> Packard Bell doesn't make hard drives, do they?
>
> What is the brand and model number of your hard drive?
>

Many knowledgeable people would claim, with some justification IMHO, that
Packard Bell has never made computers either...

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Zadig Galbaras

I think it's a 80GB Hitachi Travelstar...

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"Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> skrev i melding
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>> I went there, but after downloading, burning and running, after a while I
>> get this message saying it cannot detect the hard disk.
>> http://support.packardbell.com/no/it...4124830137#gen
>> But I wonder; this is test only, isn't it?
>> I can't see that any of those HDD managers can fix a faulty drive?
>
> Packard Bell doesn't make hard drives, do they?
>
> What is the brand and model number of your hard drive?
>
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Zadig Galbaras

Hard Disk Drive HGST IC25N080ATMR04 80GB
80 GB 2.5" HGST IC25N060ATMR04 hard disk drive
16-04-2004

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"Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> skrev i melding
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>> I went there, but after downloading, burning and running, after a while I
>> get this message saying it cannot detect the hard disk.
>> http://support.packardbell.com/no/it...4124830137#gen
>> But I wonder; this is test only, isn't it?
>> I can't see that any of those HDD managers can fix a faulty drive?
>
> Packard Bell doesn't make hard drives, do they?
>
> What is the brand and model number of your hard drive?
>
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Calab

> Hard Disk Drive HGST IC25N080ATMR04 80GB
> 80 GB 2.5" HGST IC25N060ATMR04 hard disk drive
> 16-04-2004

Then you would want to go to Hitachi's website and download their test
software.

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/suppor....htm?linkto=QL

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Zadig Galbaras

Been there and downloaded the Feature Tool, Drive Fitness Test and now I'm
downloading the OGT Diagnostic Tool.

I'll check into it tomorrow.
It's nearly 2AM here in norway now :-)

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Zadig Galbaras
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"Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> skrev i melding
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>> Hard Disk Drive HGST IC25N080ATMR04 80GB
>> 80 GB 2.5" HGST IC25N060ATMR04 hard disk drive
>> 16-04-2004
>
> Then you would want to go to Hitachi's website and download their test
> software.
>
> http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/suppor....htm?linkto=QL
>
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philo

"Zadig Galbaras" <tresfjording@gmail.no> wrote in message
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> Been there and downloaded the Feature Tool, Drive Fitness Test and now I'm
> downloading the OGT Diagnostic Tool.
>
> I'll check into it tomorrow.
> It's nearly 2AM here in norway now :-)
>



I was told that the utility "Spinrite" can repair drives with bad sectors
etc.

Of course the utility itself costs almost as much as a whole new drive
so would probably not be worth it unless quite a few drives needed to be
resotored.


Personally, for the price of a new drive I don't think I'd attempt any
repair at all...
I'd just replace the drive