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How-to: Full physical hd check #programming #dev #answer

How-to: Full physical hd check #programming #dev #answer

Full physical hd check

I would like to run a full, sector-by-sector, physical check on some external hard drives. As far as I know,chkdsk does not supply this option.

Is there a workaround under chkdsk, or a good replacement? I’m using Windows 7 on this machine, but Linux solutions applicable from a live CD are also welcome.

Thanks,

Adam Matan

Answer [by Dave M]: Full physical hd check

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Resolved: Tool to copy files of HDD with bad sectors #computers #answer #programming

Resolved: Tool to copy files of HDD with bad sectors #computers #answer #programming

Tool to copy files of HDD with bad sectors

I have an external HDD that is starting to fail, it has some bad sectors. It’s a 1TB fujitsu siemens case with a western digital HDD inside.

Eventually I will backup the whole drive with some backup/imaging software. But atm i dont have the free space to do that. Atm I want to copy some video files, but i’m not able to because the drive hangs while…

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Fix: Fix bad blocks on Mac hard disk #development #programming #it

Fix: Fix bad blocks on Mac hard disk #development #programming #it

Fix bad blocks on Mac hard disk

I have a hard disk that I scanned with TechTool and it reports one bad block. As far as I can tell, TechTool only scans and reports a failure. It doesn’t fix anything.

Back in the day, Norton Disk Doctor did the job of scanning and flagging (remapping) bad blocks on the Mac. Today we have various tools for fixing up HFS+ directory errors (Disk Utility, fsck,…

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