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Thread ID: 7902 2001-02-22 06:36:00 Bad sectors on 486dx Guest (0) Press F1
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9052 2001-02-22 06:36:00 My son's 486 pc has some bad sectors on the main drive. Is it possible to repair them if not what options are available? Guest (0)
9053 2001-02-22 08:36:00 I doubt if it can be fixed,but if it can it would cost several times the price of a new disk. You can buy a new disk for under $200, depending on the size you want. And they are very easy to replace. Jack Guest (0)
9054 2001-02-22 14:15:00 You may overcome this problem by running scandisk. This will disable that part of the hard drive's physical memory and will attempt to copy data from bad sector to a good part.
However once the hard drive starts to fail then you may start to get more bad sectors.
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