problem with my external drive!
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geofelt
Titan
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I think your drive is Seagate. Go to their web site and download their hard drive utility. I think it is called seatools.
There should be an option to run a reformat or initialize disk. That will inspect each block and replace weak blocks with an alternate.
There should be an option to run a reformat or initialize disk. That will inspect each block and replace weak blocks with an alternate.
i just did a FULL FORMAT! the bad sectors have been reduced from 3 to 1 now! what do i do now ? and about that zeros thing i downloaded the seatools but only full erase and FIX ALL LONG test is there no write zeros option! which other soft do i use ?
geofelt
Titan
- Oct 9, 2006
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I think your hard drive is worn out.
I suppose you can run another full format and see if you can pick up that last sector.
Your drive is older, and 320gb drives are not expensive.
Replace it with something new if you value the integrity of anything you store on the drive.
I suppose you can run another full format and see if you can pick up that last sector.
Your drive is older, and 320gb drives are not expensive.
Replace it with something new if you value the integrity of anything you store on the drive.
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