Comments on: Bad Sectors? Low-Level Format http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2009/01/11/bad-sectors-low-level-format/ What you get when my brain crashes... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:10:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2009/01/11/bad-sectors-low-level-format/comment-page-1/#comment-130167 Brian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:32:12 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1644#comment-130167 Beginning with the Vista version of CHKDSK, there is a /b switch that will reset bad sector information on an NTFS volume. I don't know if other drive manufacturers offer this, but Hitachi users can repair bad sectors without a low-level format using their Drive Fitness Utility. It may be worth checking out your drive's diagnostic software for something similar. Beginning with the Vista version of CHKDSK, there is a /b switch that will reset bad sector information on an NTFS volume.

I don’t know if other drive manufacturers offer this, but Hitachi users can repair bad sectors without a low-level format using their Drive Fitness Utility. It may be worth checking out your drive’s diagnostic software for something similar.

]]> By: Keithius http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2009/01/11/bad-sectors-low-level-format/comment-page-1/#comment-124965 Keithius Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:41:52 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1644#comment-124965 That is very helpful information... thanks! I'm sure it'll help someone. That is very helpful information… thanks! I’m sure it’ll help someone.

]]> By: JW http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/2009/01/11/bad-sectors-low-level-format/comment-page-1/#comment-124941 JW Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:46:33 +0000 http://www.starkeith.net/coredump/?p=1644#comment-124941 I had a very similar problem where my HDD was dying, so I bought a brand new 160GB drive. I partition cloned from old to new. The cloning process actually copied the bad sectors to the brand new drive. So I had a brand new drive, with bad sectors. I couldn't use GParted, for the same reason as you, but I did find a way to solve the problem using the DFSee tool. There is a command NOBADS and you can use it to erase the bad-sector list contained in the ntfs partition info. Boot into DFSee FreeDOS tool, select the object to work with-> Partition-> NTFS volume. From the command just run the NOBADS command, and voila, all fixed, no messy syntax. http://www.dfsee.com/ After clearing the bad sectors, running another chkdsk /f /r, rebooting twice, finally Gparted was able to work properly. I knew there were no real bad sectors, they were carried over through my cloning process. This took me about 8 hours total time to figure out, research and experiment, but I'm happy to say, all is well and I hope this information may help someone. I had a very similar problem where my HDD was dying, so I bought a brand new 160GB drive. I partition cloned from old to new. The cloning process actually copied the bad sectors to the brand new drive.

So I had a brand new drive, with bad sectors. I couldn’t use GParted, for the same reason as you, but I did find a way to solve the problem using the DFSee tool. There is a command NOBADS and you can use it to erase the bad-sector list contained in the ntfs partition info. Boot into DFSee FreeDOS tool, select the object to work with-> Partition-> NTFS volume. From the command just run the NOBADS command, and voila, all fixed, no messy syntax.
http://www.dfsee.com/

After clearing the bad sectors, running another chkdsk /f /r, rebooting twice, finally Gparted was able to work properly. I knew there were no real bad sectors, they were carried over through my cloning process.

This took me about 8 hours total time to figure out, research and experiment, but I’m happy to say, all is well and I hope this information may help someone.

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