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| 697886 | 2008-08-19 01:12:00 | Ohh OK, I read it as though HD Regen was a "work only once" type programme. My big concern is why the other programmes are now saying the drive is fine? Do they not count existing bad sectors and only count ones they find? :confused: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 697887 | 2008-08-19 01:26:00 | Ohh OK, I read it as though HD Regen was a "work only once" type programme. My big concern is why the other programmes are now saying the drive is fine? Do they not count existing bad sectors and only count ones they find? :confused: I run HD Reg Via a Bootable CD, so it can be run as many times as you like (I have the paid version that does the whole drive in one go) - but thats because it was a good idea at the time and I wanted to see if it actually fixed the drives - later I found out other sectors failed any way. Regarding Other Programs not detecting - I spouse some work better than others. With drives being so cheap these days I find if in doubt - throw it out and replace it. Hard ware you can replace, Data not always so easy if its not backed up. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 697888 | 2008-08-19 01:36:00 | HDD Regenerator is a Spinrite style program for recovering data from unreadable sectors. If you've already reformated the drive why would you need it? The WD utility should mark any bad sectors so that they aren't visible to a new file system. While the drive had spare sectors it should have been swapping bad with good in the background. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 697889 | 2008-08-19 04:16:00 | HDD Regenerator is a Spinrite style program for recovering data from unreadable sectors. If you've already reformated the drive why would you need it? The WD utility should mark any bad sectors so that they aren't visible to a new file system. While the drive had spare sectors it should have been swapping bad with good in the background. Thanks guys, as I said previously the whole thing is just an experiment with a shot drive. Paul, I think the bad sectors may have been marked and hidden now, which is why it now tests fine. However, Scandisk from ME days can still see them. :confused: Does Scandisk work on NTFS formatted drives? |
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