CHKDSK not repaing bad sector?

[AlanDavidson]

I ran CHKDSK /f /r on my C: drive.

The event log said "4 KB in bad sectors".

This is the first bad sector I have seen on any hard drive for about 10
years, so I repeated CHKDSK /f /r in order to verify that the sector had
been repaired.

In fact the event log showed the same message for the new date and time.

I ran CHKDSK /f /r for a third time. Same message.

So the bad sector is not being repaired.

What shall I do now?

BTW1: my laptop (2 years old) seems to be running fine. I have not noticed
any problems.
BTW2: The D: and E: drives show no bad sectors.

 

[Gerry]

Alan

Chkdsk does not repair bad sectors. It places a marker to stop the
system accessing the bad sector. A few bad sectors is not a problem. It
becomes a problem if the numbers increase every time you run chkdsk. In
this situation the best solution is to replace the hard drive.

You say D and E drives have no bad sectors? Are they separate drives or
partitions of a single hard drive containing three partitions, C, D and
E?

In your situation you need to make sure important data is regularly
backed up to removable media. Also now is the time to check you have a
Windows XP CD you can use to do a new install on a new hard drive should
that become necessary.

Another way to investigate your hard drive is to use HD Tune.

Try HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Jim]

I ran CHKDSK /f /r on my C: drive.

The event log said "4 KB in bad sectors".

This is the first bad sector I have seen on any hard drive for about 10
years, so I repeated CHKDSK /f /r in order to verify that the sector had
been repaired.

In fact the event log showed the same message for the new date and time.

I ran CHKDSK /f /r for a third time. Same message.

So the bad sector is not being repaired.

What shall I do now?

BTW1: my laptop (2 years old) seems to be running fine. I have not noticed
any problems.
BTW2: The D: and E: drives show no bad sectors.

Chkdsk /r tells chkdsk to attempt repair. Most of the time, a bad sector
cannot be repaired.
If the disk belonged to me, I would be out buying a replacement.
Jim