Bad Sectors?

rajatQ2 · 10-29-2009, 07:15 AM

Hey,
I have a bunch of bad sectors on a Western Digital 640gb hard drive. Seems like most of the bad sectors are in one place. Odd thing is, the system boots up OK and is still mostly usable. Antivirus and Carbonite hang when they hit the bad sectors, but the system is OK.

I'm using the UBCD4Win , the ultimate boot cd for windows, to try and copy the old disk contents to the new disk that WD sent out to me. I really don't have time to rebuild the OS since i'm right in the middle of the semester.

The problem is, on the C: drive where all the good stuff is, the program, Easeus , can't copy around the bad sectors and gets stuck. Do you guys know a program that will skip the bad sectors and just go go go for whatever it can get off the disk?

Jeffbx · 10-29-2009, 10:36 AM

Run a CHKDSK with a full surface scan. That will mark the sectors as bad & attempt to move the data to a safe area. Once it's complete, then do your disk copy.

mechmike0034 · 10-30-2009, 07:47 PM

, plus use Roadkil's Raw Copy (this is on the UBCD4WIN) to do the copy over to the other drive.

Airencracken · 10-30-2009, 10:28 PM

I recently found out my Windows drive (an old pata drive) has a few bad sectors as well.

Going to need a new HDD or two soon. Sigh.

rajatQ2 · 11-04-2009, 11:42 AM

Thanks Guys! Did JeffBX's suggestion first. It took over 6 hours to patch up the disk. now RawCopy is running, 20 minutes in and its already had 72 read errors. The fact that the system is mostly operable and bootable gives me hope that the bad sectors are in unimportant files. Let's see....
THX

rajatQ2 · 11-11-2009, 09:14 PM

Finally fixed.... over 50 hours of RawCopy! Some files were hopelessly corrupted, i'm just deleting those. Nothing crucial though. Thanks for the help. Can't belive it took such a long time.

10-29-2009, 07:15 AM	#1
rajatQ2 Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: boston, ma Posts: 1,020	Bad Sectors? Hey, I have a bunch of bad sectors on a Western Digital 640gb hard drive. Seems like most of the bad sectors are in one place. Odd thing is, the system boots up OK and is still mostly usable. Antivirus and Carbonite hang when they hit the bad sectors, but the system is OK. I'm using the UBCD4Win , the ultimate boot cd for windows, to try and copy the old disk contents to the new disk that WD sent out to me. I really don't have time to rebuild the OS since i'm right in the middle of the semester. The problem is, on the C: drive where all the good stuff is, the program, Easeus , can't copy around the bad sectors and gets stuck. Do you guys know a program that will skip the bad sectors and just go go go for whatever it can get off the disk? __________________ Find some free Comcast or Verizon on-demand movies to watch at home tonight: www.movie-cat.tv

10-30-2009, 07:47 PM	#3
mechmike0034 aka the keg killer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ala-effin'-bama! Posts: 2,738	, plus use Roadkil's Raw Copy (this is on the UBCD4WIN) to do the copy over to the other drive. __________________ "The price of progress is trouble." (C. F. "Boss" Kettering) "50% of the American public has below-average intelligence. 70% of the American public now has regular access to the Internet. Do the math." (unknown)

10-30-2009, 10:28 PM	#4
Airencracken Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: California Posts: 6,681	I recently found out my Windows drive (an old pata drive) has a few bad sectors as well. Going to need a new HDD or two soon. Sigh. __________________ "I remember my first orgasm, I just wish someone was there to share it with me..."11-05-2003 05:33 AM - Topane They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre

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10-29-2009, 10:36 AM	#2
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	Run a CHKDSK with a full surface scan. That will mark the sectors as bad & attempt to move the data to a safe area. Once it's complete, then do your disk copy.

11-04-2009, 11:42 AM	#5
rajatQ2 Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: boston, ma Posts: 1,020	Thanks Guys! Did JeffBX's suggestion first. It took over 6 hours to patch up the disk. now RawCopy is running, 20 minutes in and its already had 72 read errors. The fact that the system is mostly operable and bootable gives me hope that the bad sectors are in unimportant files. Let's see.... THX

11-11-2009, 09:14 PM	#6
rajatQ2 Commander Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: boston, ma Posts: 1,020	Finally fixed.... over 50 hours of RawCopy! Some files were hopelessly corrupted, i'm just deleting those. Nothing crucial though. Thanks for the help. Can't belive it took such a long time.

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