Bad Sector & Formating HD NTSF Question

[MarkW]

True Image, along with some other imaging software, does not format or
perform a disc check before restoring the image. This raises a question...
if a bad sector has caused the OS to become unstable and you tried to fix by
restoring the backup image, would the image just be placed back on that bad
sector again? Thoughts?

A workaround is to perform a format before restoring the image. I know this
can be accomplished using the Windows XP CD and performing all the steps up
to the actual Windows install. Is there an easier way? Is it possible to
add certain files to the XP generated MS-DOS startup disk so that you can
boot off the floppy and format the hard drive NTSF via DOS?

Are there other techniques or utilities to format the hard drive?

 

[Guest]

One of the better products going around is Partition Magic [formerly by Power Quest and now owned by Symantec].

This will allow management under windows, has bootable CD and, after creation in Windows, a rescue floppy disk set.