How to Repair Bad Sectors on Hard Discs
- 1). Patch up bad sectors on your hard drive, using your operating system's native error checking utility. Every version of the Windows operating system includes a utility--such as Scandisk in earlier version of Windows and CHKDSK in latter versions--that has the ability to scan your hard drives and mark the bad sectors on them as unusable.
- 2). Repair bad sectors on your hard drive using your hard drive's included drive utility. With the help of manufacturer provided hard drive utilities--such as Maxtor's MaxBlast and Western Digital's Data Lifegaurd--you get the advantage of a utility optimized for scanning your hard drive. Also, with a manufacturer provided hard drive diagnostic utility, you get collaborative support from your hard drive's S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) capabilities, which can help you report and troubleshoot and array of hard drive errors with your drive's manufacturer.
- 3). Download and install a third party hard drive utility--such as DiskPatch or HDD Regenerator--to repair bad sectors on your computer's hard drive. Third party utilities--like HDD Regenerator and DiskPatch--provide you with many of the features you'd find in a manufacturer supplied utility, like automated system scans, and scan time countdowns, as well as sector repair.