How to Fix "HDD Bad Sector / Hardisk Bad Sector"

Saturday, June 11, 2011

How to Fix "HDD Bad Sector / Hardisk Bad Sector"

This article is a continuation of previous article on how to fix computer hard disk. In this article will discuss about how to fix bad sectors affected hard drive. Previous to check the condition of our hard drives can use several application programs like those mentioned in the article on how to check the condition of computer barked.

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Bad sectors or bad blocks is the term used to refer to the damaged area on the hard disk. Bad Sector on this hard drive in general there are 2 kinds, namely physically bad sectors and bad sectors in the software. Bad sectors are physically occurs because of the hard drive keruksakan at the plate that can occur due to excessive dust disk, hard drive is dropped, exposed to the crunch and so forth. While the bad sector in software may occur when the disk is busy all of a sudden the computer off, for example due to power failure.

There are several application tools that we can use to improve the condition of the hard drive has bad sectors software ririskiky namely:

1. Using HDD Low Level Format Tool
Low level format program is a utility that serves to remove all partitions good information, and information data within the hard drive for bad sectors. After running the low level format the hard disk condition will really clean like the first time. So make sure the data needed previously backed-up first. Seeing functions, then not only used to fix bad sectors, low level format tool we can use to clean up the data that are very personal or confidential permanently.
Using HDD Low Level Format Tool

Here are the steps to use HDD Low Level Format Tool:

1. Download HDD Low Level Format program on hddguru.com
2. Install and run the program HDD Low Level Format tools so that the display appears as below:
- Select the hard drive will be formatted, and then click Continue ..
- Click the tab LOW-LEVEL FORMAT, click FORMAT THIS DEVICE
- Wait until the finish, and normally the process will take a while so take time enough.

In addition to the hard drive (SATA, IDE or SCSI), HDD Low Level Format Tool can also format the flash, Flash cards and the like.

2. Using the Bad Block Recovery Softwares from hard drive vendor

Some disk vendors issue software / diagnostic tool for analysis and hard drive maintenance, including:

1. Fujitsu IDE Low-level Format Utility

Fujitsu IDE Low-level Format Utility
Software to fix bad sectors hard drives from Fujitsu, can be downloaded at: www.fujitsu-europe.com/support/disk/software/erase.zip

2. Seagate's Seatools for Windows and Seagate's Seatools for DOS

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Seagate's Seatools for Windows

Diagnostic Tools from Seagate that can be used to brand the hard drive Seagate, Maxtor or the hard drive from another vendor, can be downloaded at: www.seagate.com.

3. Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics
Is a tool for maintenance and repair hard drives, specifically for the hard drive from Western Digital you can download at: www.softpedia.com