BAd Sector Zero

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Screen notice- Unable to load Operating System
I executed FIXMBR , no effect
Analysis shows Bad Sector Zero on partition #2, C Drive&Data

Are there any cures/fixes :?: :?:
 
adragton said:
Screen notice- Unable to load Operating System
I executed FIXMBR , no effect
Analysis shows Bad Sector Zero on partition #2, C Drive&Data

Are there any cures/fixes :?: :?:
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You could try Spinrite (www.grc.com).

It does have the ability to repair some instances of bad sectors.

Unfortunately the initial cylinder of a partition is the one location
where bad sectors cannot be tolerated so if the sector cannot be
repaired then recovery of the existing data will be difficult, or at
least expensive.

You could use a partitioning utility such as Partition Magic or
BootItNG (www.bootitng.com) to adjust the partition boundaries so that
the bad area is not included in any partition.

However with modern drives the development of bad sectors is almost
always a precursor of total drive failure so before you spend a lot of
time trying to resurrect the drive go to the drive manufacturer's web
site, download their free diagnostic utility, and run that to check
out the drive.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
adragton said:
Screen notice- Unable to load Operating System
I executed FIXMBR , no effect
Analysis shows Bad Sector Zero on partition #2, C Drive&Data

Are there any cures/fixes :?: :?:
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Yes. The cure is simple: Replace the drive.

There's no point in trying to get a failing drive working; you will not
prevent its imminent demise.

You will spend less time installing the new drive than either getting the
failing one going or recovering the data from it.

Drives are cheap these days (250 gig drives are under cdn$100) so unless
your time and data are utterly without value, there is no compelling
economic argument to keep the old drive going.

Just recover the data from it before it completely fails and you have to
pay a recovery service.

HTH
-pk
 
At this point with 159GB data, option to replace is secondary.

I have been able to note that using software www.lsoft.net, that
it reports( :D )surprisingly that there is a backup MBR.
However, I am afraid to execute without IMAGE copy
 
adragton said:
At this point with 159GB data, option to replace is secondary.

I have been able to note that using software www.lsoft.net, that
it reports( :D )surprisingly that there is a backup MBR.
However, I am afraid to execute without IMAGE copy.



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If you don't replace the drive very soon, your 159 GB of data will go to the
bit bucket.

Jim
 
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