Re: Does format command map out bad sectors?
- From: Impmon <impmon@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:42:38 -0400
On 28 Sep 2005 10:59:17 -0700, "liu" <spamfreeliu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>No, nothing showed up at all. It's on a PC that I've not turned on for
>a while. Nothing showed up in BIOS and under Windows. I took it out and
>made sure connections were fine. It still won't show up. It worked
>before for a few years.
Loose or bad cable on that PC? Since it worked on your other PC, the
hard drive itself is probably not the problem.
>I will download PowerMax and try to format with that tool.
Don't rely on your old 40G for important stuff if it's picking up a
lot of bad sectors. When they start to go and low level format
doesn't help, chances are the whole drive will eventually lose the
ability to retain any file.
I'd start shopping for a new hard drive if you don't have another one
to use and you do need to have the old PC running.
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