What are you trying to achieve? The location of any given folder or file in
an operating system is mapped by the MFT, not by LBA. When a data request is
sent to the hard drive, the location is translated by the drive controller
hardware to the actual physical location, or logical block, on the drive.
If the drive hardware is doing its job, Aaron, no file should be affected by
a bad sector. They are mapped and marked and not used. This occurs outside
the OS, not something you can "see" per se. If they are being used, you'll
not be running very long. If you suspect the drive is going bad, you should
copy off data *now* and get it replaced. Bad sectors don't get better.
I realize all that but if a block goes bad that has a file on it what's the
drive to do?
I just simply want to know how to get a filename that's on a certain block.
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