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What do I do if there are bad blocks on my hard drive?

What do I do if there are bad blocks on my hard drive? For IDE drives: If there are bad blocks on the drive, this usually an indication that the drive it going bad. Now a day, all IDE drives come with internal bad block remapping turned on. Check with the manufacturer of the hard [...]

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How To Repair Bad Blocks on a Hard Drive?

How To Repair Bad Blocks on a Hard Drive? You can use the ‘CHKDSK’ command Checks a disk and displays a status report. CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name. filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for [...]

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