I am having some major probs

[dividedsoul]

I have a nice machine and it is running like ****. I know why but I don't know how to fix it without converting everything back to fat32. I finally got a good install of winxp thank god but the only problem is this: I had to resort to using my old maxtor hardrive which I never took the time to fix when it was fat32. I did a scan on it in dos and in the first 6 gigs I found 17 bad sectors. I guess moving it like I did a few years ago didn't agree with it. Does anyone know of a way to fix or mark bad sectors on an ntfs file format. I looked on the maxtor home page but they all run in dos. Is it even possible to do this without having to format my hardrive back to fat32. Someone please be out there with the know how and the time to tell me.

Peace.

!!AMD STILL ROCKS REGARDLESS!!

[Midknyte]

If you have bad sectors, replace the hard drive. You can have ntfs mark sectors as bad and not use them, but eventually there will be more and more bad sectors. replace the hard drive before you lose all of you data.

[Shinta]

all u can do is replace the drive :\ eventually it will go bad anyway.. its not really worth it

[JuNacy]

Yeah, I have to agree. Cut your losses now and replace the harddrive if you can.

[Fritz44]

Very good drive:

WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY

$120.00

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[Shinta]

actually.. if you dont want to spend much you can head to pricewatch and get a nice 40gb by seagate or western digital for really cheap :D