Blue screen Error "0x0000008E Harddisk1 Bad Block "

[Guest]

One of my co-workers is getting this error, all of a sudden the blue screen
comes up and hence the error. I know this is a badblock in a hard drive, she
has lot of document sitting on the harddrive. I just wanted to know if i can
fix it without getting a new harddrive or run some sort of scan that will
bypass this error from reading or saving a file on that bad block.


Thanks

 

[Bob I]

If you are getting bad block on the hard drive you will not be having a
functioning hard drive much longer.

 

[Guest]

If you are getting bad block on the hard drive you will not be having a
functioning hard drive much longer.


So basically it's a dying harddrive?

 

[Bob I]

You may run chkdsk /f but you are only delaying the inevitable.

 

[Justin - SYNACS]

Don't fix, replace.

 

[paulmd]

One of my co-workers is getting this error, all of a sudden the blue screen
comes up and hence the error. I know this is a badblock in a hard drive, she
has lot of document sitting on the harddrive. I just wanted to know if i can
fix it without getting a new harddrive or run some sort of scan that will
bypass this error from reading or saving a file on that bad block.

You can still read the hard drive as a secondary drive, or plonked into
an external enclosure, but only keep it long enough to back up and
retrieve your important documents.

 

[paulmd]

So basically it's a dying harddrive?

Very likely, Yes. Backup her stuff without delay. it COULD linger for
months, or even years, but it could also die tomorrow.