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27108 2001-12-09 08:47:00 Hi, I've got a computer with p100 with 32 mb ram and 850 mb hard drive. Since this drive was the one used to replace the old drive, because it had too much bad sectors. So now i'm wondering if there is a way that when I install the drive again (to make it slave) that it will only display and USE the good bits, approx. 650mb. I really want to see if it is possible, so could somebody help, even though if you think differently to me, because i won't to try it out, and if i don't feel it's going the way its meant to be then i'll take it out. So, if you don't understand me still, i want to put a 800mb hard drive (with bad sectrs)as slave on top of a 850mb drive then do something, even if it means doing it in windows or bios or whatever, to make the bad sectors all disappear so that when i run scandisk on it, it'll show only the good bits and not the bad sectors (that is: show 650mb ( i guess) with 650 all good) is there any way to doing this, even with nortons system doctor or something, anything! By the way, the bad sectors are spreaded around the hard drive, they aren't together.

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27109 2001-12-09 09:22:00 Not a problem. Install it as slave then format it and the bad sectors should get marked. If that still doesn't work you could do a low level format within the Bios, if it allows it, but it should be a last resort but I gather you would not be too concerned. Guest (0)
27110 2001-12-09 09:23:00 Not a problem. Install it as slave then format it and the bad sectors should get marked. If that still doesn't work you could do a low level format within the Bios, if it allows it, but it should be a last resort but I gather you would not be too concerned. Guest (0)
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