I have a specific NTFS sector... How do I determine the name of the file it belongs to?

[johnaparker]

I've ditched WindowsXP backup (when I had a disk failure the backup
turned out to be unusable... surprise) in favor of "Acronis® True
Image Home® version 10.0". With no backup available, I low level
formatted my replacement drive (NTFS) and rebuilt my XP Pro
installation.

However, now whenever I attempt an Acronis backup, I get...

Failed to read data from the disk.
Failed to read from the sector 2,929,783 of the hard disk 1:
Retry/Ignore/ignore All/Cancel

I've run chkdsk /f and it indicated there were no bad sectors.

I've tried all kinds of downloads to see if I could identify the
specific file containing that sector. No luck finding anything that
will identify the file a particular sector belongs to.

I determined the sector chain comprising the file (I think???), then I
built a new file from that block. I then did a search ("look in every
file on the C: drive for this string") across the affected drive for
files that contain a string I pulled (from the specific sector
identified by Acronis). None appear to match (binary diff's) of the
block I exported.

I'm stumped. I really don't want to rebuild this thing again (at least
not so soon!), and the system runs just fine, but I need to be able to
count on my backups. I'd like to institute a scheduled weekly
differential (against my vanilla OS only full backup) and daily
incremental (based on my differentials), but they always stop on the
bad sector and require user intervention (not so hot for scheduled
jobs).

Can anyone tell me how to precisely determine which file is causing the
problem so I can see what's up with it, OR recommend how I should
proceed?

Thanks in advance!

John

 

[Pennywise]

I've ditched WindowsXP backup (when I had a disk failure the backup
turned out to be unusable... surprise) in favor of "Acronis® True
Image Home® version 10.0". With no backup available, I low level
formatted my replacement drive (NTFS) and rebuilt my XP Pro
installation.

However, now whenever I attempt an Acronis backup, I get...

Failed to read data from the disk.
Failed to read from the sector 2,929,783 of the hard disk 1:
Retry/Ignore/ignore All/Cancel

I've run chkdsk /f and it indicated there were no bad sectors.

I've tried all kinds of downloads to see if I could identify the
specific file containing that sector. No luck finding anything that
will identify the file a particular sector belongs to.

I determined the sector chain comprising the file (I think???), then I
built a new file from that block. I then did a search ("look in every
file on the C: drive for this string") across the affected drive for
files that contain a string I pulled (from the specific sector
identified by Acronis). None appear to match (binary diff's) of the
block I exported.

I'm stumped. I really don't want to rebuild this thing again (at least
not so soon!), and the system runs just fine, but I need to be able to
count on my backups. I'd like to institute a scheduled weekly
differential (against my vanilla OS only full backup) and daily
incremental (based on my differentials), but they always stop on the
bad sector and require user intervention (not so hot for scheduled
jobs).

Can anyone tell me how to precisely determine which file is causing the
problem so I can see what's up with it, OR recommend how I should
proceed?

Download, burn to a CD, and bootup with Hirens_BootCD
http://thepiratebay.org/search.php?q=Hirens_BootCD or
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3587762/Hiren_s_BootCD_v8.7_incl._keyboard_patch

It comes with program (file) called DISKEDIT by Norton, (Norton Disk
Editor 2002) it should do what your want.

Install http://utorrent.com/
Download the torrent file, double click on the torrent file.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Download, burn to a CD, and bootup with Hirens_BootCD
http://thepiratebay.org/search.php?q=Hirens_BootCD or
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3587762/Hiren_s_BootCD_v8.7_incl._keyboard_patch

The name of the website should be a clue. Hirens BootCD contains pirated
software. A better alternative is the UltimatebootCD

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911829

 

[Kerry Brown]

You have a bad hard drive. If it's on warranty get a replacement. If it's
not on warranty get a new one and replace it.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


I've ditched WindowsXP backup (when I had a disk failure the backup
turned out to be unusable... surprise) in favor of "Acronis® True
Image Home® version 10.0". With no backup available, I low level
formatted my replacement drive (NTFS) and rebuilt my XP Pro
installation.

However, now whenever I attempt an Acronis backup, I get...

Failed to read data from the disk.
Failed to read from the sector 2,929,783 of the hard disk 1:
Retry/Ignore/ignore All/Cancel

I've run chkdsk /f and it indicated there were no bad sectors.

I've tried all kinds of downloads to see if I could identify the
specific file containing that sector. No luck finding anything that
will identify the file a particular sector belongs to.

I determined the sector chain comprising the file (I think???), then I
built a new file from that block. I then did a search ("look in every
file on the C: drive for this string") across the affected drive for
files that contain a string I pulled (from the specific sector
identified by Acronis). None appear to match (binary diff's) of the
block I exported.

I'm stumped. I really don't want to rebuild this thing again (at least
not so soon!), and the system runs just fine, but I need to be able to
count on my backups. I'd like to institute a scheduled weekly
differential (against my vanilla OS only full backup) and daily
incremental (based on my differentials), but they always stop on the
bad sector and require user intervention (not so hot for scheduled
jobs).

Can anyone tell me how to precisely determine which file is causing the
problem so I can see what's up with it, OR recommend how I should
proceed?

Thanks in advance!

John

 

[johnaparker]

Thanks for your help...

I'll try the suggestions and update this post with the results.

John

 

[johnaparker]

Thanks for your help...

I'll try the suggestions and update this thread with the results.

John