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venioo
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 Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move
(make new) MBR in the other area of the HDD??
It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
The HDD is Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST340824A
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Rod Speed
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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venioo <venioo@interia.pl> wrote
| Quote: | Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move (make new) MBR in the other
area of the HDD??
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Yes, the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic should be able to make the drive do that.
That will usually lose all data on the drive tho.
You should be able to force the drive to remap that sector
by writing just that sector to the drive with an MBR ute.
| Quote: | It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
The HDD is Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST340824A
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Simplest to use Seagates SeaTools, but that may lose some data because its unlikely
that just that sector has gone bad. Its much more likely to be more than one. |
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venioo
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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SeaTools helped!
Many bad sectors found but HDD is still useful for keeping less
important things such as .jpg or .mp3 
THANKS-A-LOT!!!
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Arno Wagner
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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Previously venioo <venioo@interia.pl> wrote:
| Quote: | Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move
(make new) MBR in the other area of the HDD??
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No. If the MBR are is unreadable, the HDD is unusable.
Your only hope is to get the HDD to transparently
replace it. Typically overwriting it will do that.
| Quote: | It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
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Well, WinXP is a toy that will bail out on a lot of
not really serious problems. Are you sure the MBR sector is
bad?
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Howard Kaikow
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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"venioo" <venioo@interia.pl> wrote in message
news:f3uojj$pkv$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
| Quote: | Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move
(make new) MBR in the other area of the HDD??
It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
The HDD is Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST340824A
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ven
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Try the following.
In Windows Disk Management, try assigning a drive letter to the drive, do
not reformat.
That might fix the MBR, and, if you are lucky, all files may still be
intact.
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http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. |
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Folkert Rienstra
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:5ch5ckF30l376U1@mid.individual.net
| Quote: | Previously venioo <venioo@interia.pl> wrote:
Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move
(make new) MBR in the other area of the HDD??
No.
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Yes.
| Quote: | If the MBR are is unreadable, the HDD is unusable.
Your only hope is to get the HDD to transparently
replace it.
Typically overwriting it will do that.
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See.
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It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
Well, WinXP is a toy that will bail out on a lot of not really
serious problems. Are you sure the MBR sector is bad?
Armno |
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Rod Speed
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: HDD got bad sector in MBR |
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Howard Kaikow <kaikow@standards.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "venioo" <venioo@interia.pl> wrote in message
news:f3uojj$pkv$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
Is there any possibility to mark this sector as unreadable and move
(make new) MBR in the other area of the HDD??
It can't be detected when I connect via USB cable to the WinXp.
The HDD is Seagate Barracuda ATAIII ST340824A
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ven
Try the following.
In Windows Disk Management, try assigning a drive letter to the
drive, do not reformat.
That might fix the MBR,
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Not a chance, the diag says its got lots of bads.
| Quote: | and, if you are lucky, all files may still be intact.
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Not those which have a bad sector in them. |
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