bad clusters

[hodw]

Hi

I have a new maxtor drive which was working fine.
Last week when running windows disk check it hanged with bad clusters?

is this a disk check related problem or is the drive defective?
is the a better disk check util?

Hod

 

[paulmd]

Hi

I have a new maxtor drive which was working fine.
Last week when running windows disk check it hanged with bad clusters?

is this a disk check related problem or is the drive defective?
is the a better disk check util?

Hod

Bad clusters are evidence of physical damage to your drive. Do a full
backup on a seperate media ASAP.

Except the nomencature is mixed, so I'm not quite sure which of the 2
problems you actually have.

"lost clusters" is a filesystem anomaly. Possibly caused by shutting
down improperly. Nothing to worry about.

"bad sectors" is a hardware problem. Though a number of viruses have
been known to fake out chkdsk.

 

[hodw]

The problem is not lost clusters but bad sectors.
Is there a util to fix them

 

[hodw]

I mean bad clusters

 

[paulmd]

The problem is not lost clusters but bad sectors.
Is there a util to fix them

Not relaibly. Chkdsk, when attempting repairs will try to read the
information off of them and relocate it to a good area of the hard
disk.

There is a utility called spinrite that CLAIMS to have this ability.
THey've been in the business for several years. I've not had the
opportunity to try this myself so can't vouch.

http://grc.com/spinrite.htm
http://grc.com/srrecovery.htm

 

[kony]

Hi

I have a new maxtor drive which was working fine.
Last week when running windows disk check it hanged with bad clusters?

is this a disk check related problem or is the drive defective?
is the a better disk check util?

Hod

Please limit posts to one thread per problem,

Thank you.

 

[John McGaw]

Not relaibly. Chkdsk, when attempting repairs will try to read the
information off of them and relocate it to a good area of the hard
disk.

There is a utility called spinrite that CLAIMS to have this ability.
THey've been in the business for several years. I've not had the
opportunity to try this myself so can't vouch.

http://grc.com/spinrite.htm
http://grc.com/srrecovery.htm

Spinrite really does work but at its more thorough settings it can take
an incredibly long time to work through even a moderately-sized drive.

 

[philo]

Hi

I have a new maxtor drive which was working fine.
Last week when running windows disk check it hanged with bad clusters?

is this a disk check related problem or is the drive defective?
is the a better disk check util?

if it did not come with your drive...
go to maxtor's website and get their diagnostic utility...
if it finds a problem be sure to baackup your data at once and get an RMA
for a warranty replacement