On 10/31/07, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had some hard drive sectors go bad on me, and (seem to have) > successfully recovered them with spinrite.
SpinRite rocks. However, a hard drive has spare sectors built into it, and will silently catch failing sectors and reallocate them to the spare space until it runs out of space. You're probably facing a drive likely to continue to fail, perhaps slowly, perhaps catastrophically. Your first step should be to get a complete copy of everything valuable, using a drive image program (I recommend partimage with Knoppix; using a LiveCD prevents writes to the disk, which could cause further problems.) (After you've got a copy, you might want to use the SMART programs also available on the disk to get advanced diagnostic info on the HDD). Step two, buy a new drive. HDDs are pretty reasonably priced these days. I've had a number of good experiences with www.newegg.com, even when I had to RMA parts I'd ordered incorrectly. Step three, restore to the new disk: Reinstall is a lot better than bringing a lot of questionable stuff with you, but it is a pita as well. As for recovering bad Windows OS files, someone else would have to guide you on that one. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
