Removing bad clusters ?

[[dannzig]]

How do i do this?
My Quantum Fireball SE [6.4gb]
showed that it had 3 or maybe 4 bad clusters
on it last time i ran scandisk.
i trie to repair but no way .....
i don´t really know... is bad clusters
extremely dangerous /forum/wink.gif or what?

need to know.... and by the way
does low level formating the drive
help?

/dann

[Mntsnow]

Dann,

If you hard drive is under warranty get it exchanged! if it is out of warranty the best thing to do is a THOURGH scandisk with the options checked to MARK BAD CLUSTERS. this is best done thru DOS. I usually dont recommend a "low level" format. but quantums are pretty good about using it. (ONLY use a low level format utility from the maker of your drive!)

Mntsnow