marking bad sector/cluster on ntfs?

[Dr.Mhz]

marking bad sector/cluster on ntfs?

Western digital 200gig

Symtome :
Weird noises once a while
If trying to move,read or delete a file(movie) the system reboot

Problem / question :
So I like to make sure that Xp will not try to read that part in the future,By mayking or hide sector/cluster from windows
Ofcourse to do this without formating the 120gig i currently have on it or use using a floopy

Courrently on 200gig on NTFS

THK you

[Dr.Mhz]

2x cluster dead ,from western diag tool,,,,,,,,,,,,,running chkdsk now...........hope it help

nope system when check dfisk gt to bad sector

im so F@@@

[Dr.Mhz]

Now how can I do this without xp to crash everytime it read on it????????????????????

google alot on it tonight,,, but this is like a old chinese secret,,,,,,

[Midknyte]

replace the drive. once you start getting bad clusters, they will start to spread like a plague. get your data off while you still can.

[Sterling_Aug]

Have you tried contacting Western Digital for an RMA if the drive is still under warranty?

[Dr.Mhz]

Ya after testing around I pretty much came to that conclusion

Getting a new one today,back it up and return the old one



THK

[G]

Chkdsk is less than ideal for removing bad sectors from use. Chkdsk can take considerable time to find and recover bad sectors and for these reasons it is not a first-line data recovery tool.

An important point to remember is that Scan Disk (for non-Windows NT family operating systems) and Check Disk (for Windows NT family operating systems) can restore access to files if hard disk drive and filesystem critical structures are damaged. Nevertheless, these tools do not correctly address the problems arising from bad sectors. The principal concern of Scan Disk and Check Disk is to ensure in favour of a consistent filesystem, not the data residing on it. Consequently, assess to data can be compromised as a repair may only be completed successfully by removing references to certain files from the filesystem. These removed files (or fragments of them) then appear as filexxxx.chk files.


NTFS will remap damaged areas of the so that they are not addressiable by the OS.

The HDD is damaged so you may as well clone it, RMA it, and then dump it.