Log in

View Full Version : Bad sectors

tacoX
2002-05-21, 02:40 PM
Does anyone know what to do to fix bad sectors, and not using scan disk?
User Name # 1
2002-05-21, 03:13 PM
low level format ?
Chruser
2002-05-21, 03:42 PM
Yes, open MS DOS and type "MakeWindowsPerfect 1" without the quotes. Microsoft forgot to mention this feature to prevent your comp from crashing, but I guess they can't be blamed. After all, they tend to hand us high quality products like Access and Excel.
Killah
2002-05-21, 04:01 PM
are u out of ur damn mind? makewindowsperfect? HA i cant believe u tried to be serious about that
JRwakebord
2002-05-21, 04:12 PM
lol it was pretty good tho. im gonna die if he comes back here and sez he tried that
tacoX
2002-05-22, 05:53 AM
Ok, nevermind, I got this problem fixed after 12 hours of running scan disk, so its all good now.
WetWired
2002-05-22, 07:12 AM
In my experience, bad sectors grow. It is my suggestion that if you have a hard drive with bad sectors that you buy a new one and transfer the contents in the near future.

But you already knew that, right?
--WetWired
RoboticSilence
2002-05-22, 10:45 AM
Yeah... or reformat.
WetWired
2002-05-22, 10:50 AM
Yeah... or reformat. Reformatting doesn't get rid of bad sectors, it just finds them and tells DOS/Windows not to use them.

Which is really just a band-aid solution if you have a gash out of one of the platters.
--WetWired
RoboticSilence
2002-05-22, 10:52 AM
Well then I guess you'd just have to buy a new drive.