Bad Block

[Trent]

Hi,
have a dell laptop (seagate 40gb hd) running win xp ntfs partition

since yesterday i have two entries in my event viewer

Event ID 7 The device \device\harddisk0\d has a bad block,

went onto the seagate website ran the online tests, the results.
"your seagate disk has returned a smart alert or a failed self test"

ran chkdsk /f , still no change, also downloaded a couple of tools (hard
disk related) and they picked up nothing in their tests.

is a bad block the same as a bad sector?
can i fix this fault?
what is the best imaging software out there (if im going to have to replace
the disk)

Thanks for your help

 

[Rod Speed]

Hi,
have a dell laptop (seagate 40gb hd) running win xp ntfs partition

since yesterday i have two entries in my event viewer

Event ID 7 The device \device\harddisk0\d has a bad block,

went onto the seagate website ran the online tests, the results.
"your seagate disk has returned a smart alert or a failed self test"

ran chkdsk /f , still no change, also downloaded a couple of tools (hard disk
related) and they picked up nothing in their tests.

is a bad block the same as a bad sector?

Yes, tho the block can be more than one sector if the OS is reporting that.

can i fix this fault?

That hard drive manufacturer's ute should be able to map it away.

Its likely that the problem is that the dell is running the hard drive
right on the edge of what the manufacturer allows temperature wise.

what is the best imaging software out there (if im going to have to replace
the disk)

Ghost 9 works pretty well. Main downside with it is that you have
to install it on the hard drive before you can image the drive.

True Image allows you to boot the CD and image the drive without
installing it on the hard drive, but since its Linux based, it can be
rather more problematical supporting the hardware.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi,
have a dell laptop (seagate 40gb hd) running win xp ntfs partition

since yesterday i have two entries in my event viewer

Event ID 7 The device \device\harddisk0\d has a bad block,

went onto the seagate website ran the online tests, the results.
"your seagate disk has returned a smart alert or a failed self test"

ran chkdsk /f , still no change, also downloaded a couple of tools (hard
disk related) and they picked up nothing in their tests.

is a bad block the same as a bad sector?

Technically yes, but this sounds more than something far more serous,
somce a SMART error normally requires hundreds or more bad blocks to
appear.

can i fix this fault?

Replace the disk and make backups ASAP!

what is the best imaging software out there (if im going to have to replace
the disk)

There is no best. Depends on your requirements and skills.

Arno

 

[wemaole]

maybe logic bad sector,some software can fix it.
but suggest you backup data and replace your harddisk.
Ghost is a very good backup tool.

 

[Joep]

maybe logic bad sector,some software can fix it.
but suggest you backup data and replace your harddisk.
Ghost is a very good backup tool.

Annoying little prick!