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    Found bad sectors on HDD what now?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Modesty, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Modesty

    Modesty Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone, looks like the problems with my m1530 keeps on coming.
    i have just made a scan and found that i have 4kb of bad sectors on my segagate 160gb i downloaded their tool (seatools DOS) and ran a scan.
    The program clamis that it has found one eroor and in the end it says that the problem has been repaired.
    i ran another test with windows vista DVD BOOT disc, and altough the test runs without any problems and doesnt even say that it have found anything in the 5 stages of the scan, in the summry it writes that there are 4kb of bad sectors, so what sould i do now?
    it's my first time i encounter bad sectors, never had those in any other PC and my m1530 is only 3 weeks old.

    THanks Ahead for any help.
     
    Modesty, Aug 6, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Download HDtune and do a full HD scan. Also check the SMART health monitor to see if anything is failing.
     
    flipfire, Aug 6, 2008
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    How do i check S.M.A.R.T health? when pressing on the health tab in the program it doesnt show anything.
     
    Modesty, Aug 6, 2008
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