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    hard drive bad sectors

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gkizzle3622, Aug 9, 2008.

  1. gkizzle3622

    gkizzle3622 Notebook Enthusiast

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    so i have had my m1530 about a month. i got the 5400 rpm 320gb hard drive. its western digital brand. i did a check with wd diagnostics and i have bad sectors on in. whats a good program to use to repair them?
     
    gkizzle3622, Aug 9, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Bad sectors are generally a sign of a bad drive. Time to RMA it and transfer data before it dies.
     
    Greg, Aug 9, 2008
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    well i try to back it up, but i cant because of the bad sectors. its only a month old.
     
    gkizzle3622, Aug 9, 2008
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    Where did you get that WD Diagnostics program, could you please show me how to get it? I would also like to run that program to check mine.
     
    johnny13oi, Aug 9, 2008
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    you can get i from the western digital website. go to support/downloads
     
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    Thanks got it, now scanning for bad sectors. Did yours pass the SMART tests?
     
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    yea, i just got some bad sectors i need to repair but i dont know how.


    help anyone?
     
    gkizzle3622, Aug 10, 2008
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