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Hi all,
I keep getting an error about a bad block in \Device\Harddisk5\D.
But how can I locate which disk it is?
If I open the disk management, the 5th disk (disk 4) is a drive
I haven't read/write to for ages. Is it possible that a bad block
has been detected there?
Its more probably the bad block is in one of my other disks, which I
used severely these days, and a bad block may have formed. But how
can I find out which disk it is, to replace it?
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)
Even though you may not have initiated any event that would access a drive,
system management functions constantly monitor all drives.
Run chkdsk to identify and fix any problems, or other disk management /
scanning tools that you may have.
"George Petasis" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I keep getting an error about a bad block in \Device\Harddisk5\D.
> But how can I locate which disk it is?
>
> If I open the disk management, the 5th disk (disk 4) is a drive
> I haven't read/write to for ages. Is it possible that a bad block
> has been detected there?
> Its more probably the bad block is in one of my other disks, which I
> used severely these days, and a bad block may have formed. But how
> can I find out which disk it is, to replace it?
>
> George
>
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