Drive error found in HD Tune

dss · 2 Nov 2008 at 17:44

Basically, my media hard drive has been acting up recently, causing crashes etc. Whenever i unplug it, everything works fine. So i downloaded HD Tune, and ran a quick test, and it found one block which is damaged. I'll do a full scan tonight (it took too long), but basically, how can i fix this damaged 'block', or just get the HDD to just not use said 'block'.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)

fobose · 2 Nov 2008 at 17:47

Run a check disk on the drive will sort it.

da_ging · 2 Nov 2008 at 19:10

run WD's diagnostics that will repair it if possible and tell you if there are any other problems

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=606&sid=3&lang=en

dss · 2 Nov 2008 at 21:37

doesn't support vista :/

I'm running windows disc check at the moment, it's current stuck on one cluster, which is probably the error. I'll leave it over night and report back

Thanks for the help.

postmanfw · 2 Nov 2008 at 21:48

I used a program called hdd regenerator to repair a bad block or two once that hd tune found. Hard drive wasnt causing a problem though.

silversurfer · 2 Nov 2008 at 21:51

I dont think you can fix them unless the error was in error

It should be marked and not used to store data though which is what chkdsk does I think

postmanfw · 2 Nov 2008 at 21:54

Yes i was sceptical too

http://www.dposoft.net/#b_hddhid

dss · 3 Nov 2008 at 20:39

Disck Check didn't find any errors, so i'll try HDD Regenerator.