Hi Guys
My PC will not load up ever since we had a power cut, so I ran the SeaTools Diagnostic software and discovered the following:
The following sectors are bad:
Bad Sector LBA: 334478910
all the way to...
Bad Sector LBA: 334478927
Usage: This sector is in use by the NTFS Master File Table (MFT). This may cause files to appear corrupted and/or missing. If this drive contains your operating system, this problem could lead to system crashes or the inability to start up.
It provides me with the option to activate blank replacement sectors by writing zeros to a sector already known to be unreadable.
My question is, do I want to do this at all? None of my files are backed up and I really don't want to lose the data before I do this.
If I place the drive in my mates PC, will I be able to access my files and back them up through his hard drive before I play around with mine?
Is the hard drive physically screwed and a new one required? Or will a full format sort it out in the end?
Finally, could this have been caused by the power cut as it is exactly since then that the PC no longer works.
Cheers,
Marco
My PC will not load up ever since we had a power cut, so I ran the SeaTools Diagnostic software and discovered the following:
The following sectors are bad:
Bad Sector LBA: 334478910
all the way to...
Bad Sector LBA: 334478927
Usage: This sector is in use by the NTFS Master File Table (MFT). This may cause files to appear corrupted and/or missing. If this drive contains your operating system, this problem could lead to system crashes or the inability to start up.
It provides me with the option to activate blank replacement sectors by writing zeros to a sector already known to be unreadable.
My question is, do I want to do this at all? None of my files are backed up and I really don't want to lose the data before I do this.
If I place the drive in my mates PC, will I be able to access my files and back them up through his hard drive before I play around with mine?
Is the hard drive physically screwed and a new one required? Or will a full format sort it out in the end?
Finally, could this have been caused by the power cut as it is exactly since then that the PC no longer works.
Cheers,
Marco
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