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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:02 pm
by paulrmartin
Has anybody tried to fix bad sectors on a hard drive?
I have a Maxtor IDE drive that is dying and I'd like to know if results are satisfying enough before I throw it away.
Thanks
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:22 pm
by darkrezin
You could try a low-level format but IMHO it's not worth it.. it's too risky to save valuable data to a drive that's had problems.
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:06 pm
by garyb
throw it away.
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:35 pm
by valis
It's far more common with a dying hardware that it is a firmware issue (the drive electronics) than problems with the magnetic media. I agree, ditch the drive.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:32 am
by bronYaur
if your hd maxtor have no more of 3 years of life you can send it to maxtor and obtain one new,download the powermax utility and get the error code, it must send with hd to maxtor
sorry for my english
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