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please see the following readout from 'command prompt' > 'chkdsk, as of 09/03/2011':
39070048 KB total disk space
13089224 KB 35641 files.
18160 KB 4524 indexes.
1914948 KB bad sectors.
151396 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
23896320 KB available on disk.
I have had exactly this many bad sectors for over a year that I am aware of. So they may have been there for quite a few years. My PC is about 7 years old.
I have only experienced a few seconds of grinding during start up recently, once.
I am awaiting a new hard drive.
I am posting this info, based on much research. I have read many articles telling of 'multiplying like rabbits' when someone is advising someone else with 7 or 8 bad sectors.
The reason I am posting this info, is to dispell the myth that even 1 bad sector is too much. Causing many to panic and spend more than they should based on the current advice out there.
Most Hard Drives come straight out of the factory with Bad Sectors. They merley mask them with coding. So when you look for them using software, they do not appear. So seeing 1 or two bad sectors is not the end of the world...unless they are virus related and 'multiplying like rabbits'.
Most will give this advice genuinely and with nothing to gain, as this is the safest advice. (Or to cause panic buying).
I am not proud of so many bad sectors, nor am I saying that you can let bad sectors accumulate to anywhere near this amount.
But, that you should not believe everything that you read. Had I checked a few years ago, I would have paniced. I would have replaced my hdd prematurely (not a word a man likes to hear) and it would have £cost$ me a hell of lot more that £3.60 (off EBay).
In my case it paid to wait for a good deal to come along and not panic buy.
So, you can take this info as you want.............
please see the following readout from 'command prompt' > 'chkdsk, as of 09/03/2011':
39070048 KB total disk space
13089224 KB 35641 files.
18160 KB 4524 indexes.
1914948 KB bad sectors.
151396 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
23896320 KB available on disk.
I have had exactly this many bad sectors for over a year that I am aware of. So they may have been there for quite a few years. My PC is about 7 years old.
I have only experienced a few seconds of grinding during start up recently, once.
I am awaiting a new hard drive.
I am posting this info, based on much research. I have read many articles telling of 'multiplying like rabbits' when someone is advising someone else with 7 or 8 bad sectors.
The reason I am posting this info, is to dispell the myth that even 1 bad sector is too much. Causing many to panic and spend more than they should based on the current advice out there.
Most Hard Drives come straight out of the factory with Bad Sectors. They merley mask them with coding. So when you look for them using software, they do not appear. So seeing 1 or two bad sectors is not the end of the world...unless they are virus related and 'multiplying like rabbits'.
Most will give this advice genuinely and with nothing to gain, as this is the safest advice. (Or to cause panic buying).
I am not proud of so many bad sectors, nor am I saying that you can let bad sectors accumulate to anywhere near this amount.
But, that you should not believe everything that you read. Had I checked a few years ago, I would have paniced. I would have replaced my hdd prematurely (not a word a man likes to hear) and it would have £cost$ me a hell of lot more that £3.60 (off EBay).
In my case it paid to wait for a good deal to come along and not panic buy.
So, you can take this info as you want.............
