Q. I used a recovery utility to image a drive going bad to a good one and it copied the bad sector information over. How would I mark those sectors to be good on a good drive? Don't tell me it can't be done, I have done it on NTFS file systems, I just can't seem to Google the answer for fat32.
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A. Try this....
On the desktop, double click on My Computer
<>Right click and select Properties on the erroneous drive
Open the Tool Tab
Select Check Now under Error Checking
Select the option to Automatic Fix File System Errors and Scan For And Attempt Recovery For Bad Sectors
CHKDSK offers 2 modes of scanning:
Error Checking
This mode scans your computer's files and folders. It searches and repairs any minor corrupted files and inconsistencies it detects.
Surface Scan
This mode scans every sector of the disk and identifies bad sectors. When a bad sector is detected, CHKDSK will automatically mark it as bad and the system will refrain from writing further data into that sector. The bad sectors will then be remapped with working ones on the disk. Due to the intensive nature of the scan, surface scan mode typically takes very long time to perform. Time range can stretch from a few hours to a few days.
Click Start
It must be pointed out here that one must use CHKDSK with extreme care because if the disk is failing imminently, such operation may stress the disk to a point of complete failure. Put it ironically, if you have a good working disk, try it. If you think your disk is failing imminently, refrain from using CHKDSK or at the very least do a back up of the files you can back up before you loose the lot!!
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On the desktop, double click on My Computer
<>Right click and select Properties on the erroneous drive
Open the Tool Tab
Select Check Now under Error Checking
Select the option to Automatic Fix File System Errors and Scan For And Attempt Recovery For Bad Sectors
CHKDSK offers 2 modes of scanning:
Error Checking
This mode scans your computer's files and folders. It searches and repairs any minor corrupted files and inconsistencies it detects.
Surface Scan
This mode scans every sector of the disk and identifies bad sectors. When a bad sector is detected, CHKDSK will automatically mark it as bad and the system will refrain from writing further data into that sector. The bad sectors will then be remapped with working ones on the disk. Due to the intensive nature of the scan, surface scan mode typically takes very long time to perform. Time range can stretch from a few hours to a few days.
Click Start
It must be pointed out here that one must use CHKDSK with extreme care because if the disk is failing imminently, such operation may stress the disk to a point of complete failure. Put it ironically, if you have a good working disk, try it. If you think your disk is failing imminently, refrain from using CHKDSK or at the very least do a back up of the files you can back up before you loose the lot!!
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What is the best data recovery software?
Q. My memory stick has corrupted (it says it needs to be formatted) and there is some data I want to get of it.
What is the best file recovery software both free and commercial?
(note: It corrupted just as I was about to back it up).
I have tried getdataback for FAT but it doesnt detect anything.
thank you.
What is the best file recovery software both free and commercial?
(note: It corrupted just as I was about to back it up).
I have tried getdataback for FAT but it doesnt detect anything.
thank you.
A. The best one I used is Wondershare Data Recovery
the standards I used to judge this software are professional function, easy-to-use,compatible to computer's operating system and competitive price.
If the data is really important for you, I suggest you use professional one, even though it charges few dollar. I think you data is more important than few dollars
Free download from http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
It is a professional recovery software to do deleted recovery, formatting recovery, partition recovery and RAW recovery.
you can specify sub-folder instead of whole disk to save you much time and energy.
you can preview your data from Preview Window to check if all the data you need are recoverable and evaluate the recovery quality before you buy.
the standards I used to judge this software are professional function, easy-to-use,compatible to computer's operating system and competitive price.
If the data is really important for you, I suggest you use professional one, even though it charges few dollar. I think you data is more important than few dollars
Free download from http://www.data-recovery-utilities.com/data-recovery.html
It is a professional recovery software to do deleted recovery, formatting recovery, partition recovery and RAW recovery.
you can specify sub-folder instead of whole disk to save you much time and energy.
you can preview your data from Preview Window to check if all the data you need are recoverable and evaluate the recovery quality before you buy.
How can I tell if a computer's hard drive is physically damaged?
Q. I am having boot problems with XP and several Recover command prompts are turning up bad results:
FIXMBR - " . . . The disk may be damaged"
FIXBOOT - "The boot sector cannot be fixed"
CHKDSK - "The specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in the drive."
Also, I heard the hard drive clicking/crunching when I ran FIXBOOT.
So is my hard drive physically shot? How can I tell for certain?
P.S. - Luckily I had recently placed all of my valuable data on an external hard drive, so data recovery is not an issue for me.
FIXMBR - " . . . The disk may be damaged"
FIXBOOT - "The boot sector cannot be fixed"
CHKDSK - "The specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in the drive."
Also, I heard the hard drive clicking/crunching when I ran FIXBOOT.
So is my hard drive physically shot? How can I tell for certain?
P.S. - Luckily I had recently placed all of my valuable data on an external hard drive, so data recovery is not an issue for me.
A. Find out the manufacturer and model of the drive. Then go out to the manufacturer's site. Look for a diagnostic utility that's usually a free download. Run a full test of the drive to be sure.
You can also try the drive in another PC as a slave, then run Windows scandisk on it, but the diagnostic utility is the most thorough.
You can also try the drive in another PC as a slave, then run Windows scandisk on it, but the diagnostic utility is the most thorough.
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