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| 628209 | 2008-01-07 07:55:00 | please. I have a 160Gb Maxtor drive that gave up at 13 months.Tried a lot of things but nothing works.It is seen by some programs and Windows. Wondered about trying HDD Regenerator and seeing what it would do. Any idea on how long it would take? Don't want to tie this pc up for weeks! Thanks. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 628210 | 2008-01-07 18:12:00 | Hi Neil, You can try HDD Regenerator, but being a Maxtor I have found they are not the best of brands. The program will scan the drive after the bootable CD has been made, at 160GB it may take around 4-5 hours to scan. The trial of the program only fixes 1 sector at a time, but it will scan the complete drive and tell you if its got any bad sectors. How well it actually fixes them is another question - I'm of the theory that if a drive has faulty sectors its going to continue failing and only use it for non important items - temp storage. What I try to do is when scanning a drive, I set it going in the morning If I don't need the workbench, or need to go out then leave it doing its thing. I have also set them going overnight - in the morning all done. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 628211 | 2008-01-07 18:21:00 | I've just replaced one of those too. He lost all his data. As I told him, prevention is better than cure. This time, even though I installed a Seagate, he is going to do regular backups. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 628212 | 2008-01-07 20:33:00 | Thanks for your reply.Have no idea of how long it's meant to take! I actually have had the program running on a friend's pc, which I borrowed on Sunday. I can have the pc for a week. So it's been running since Sunday morning and has reached this stage on Tuesday 11.00am. Scanned 778mb (1594160 sectors) 5246 bad sectors found 5246 bad sectors recovered. But if you've had it running just overnight ......it looks like this is a lost cause! It was a back up external drive, and probably nothing important on it now. Found this comment on the net. 1.Run HDD Regenerator 2.Start at sector zero (0) 3.Let it run and check it in the morning or every 12 hours. If it hasn’t completed then write down the sector it's at in case of power loss. So I assume that I could restart it at the last noted sector readout if I have to abort. pctek,I won't touch another Maxtor,just replaced my D and E drives with Seagates. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 628213 | 2008-01-07 20:47:00 | Scanned 778mb (1594160 sectors) 5246 bad sectors found 5246 bad sectors recovered. OUCH ! that many bad sectors in only 778Mb - I wouldn't trust it even if it says it can repair it. You would be a LOT better off binning it and replacing it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 628214 | 2008-01-07 21:51:00 | It has been binned for a couple of years!!! Just thought I'd give it a go. So I take it that it's not normal for it to take so long.It did jump 2000 sectors a minute ago,but it's back to a crawl now. Thanks for your comments, I'll see what happens before I give the pc back! |
Neil McC (178) | ||
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