Riaa - Bad Sectors

[ferrarimodena360]

i downlaod some track from k lite, it was RIAA shyte so kept scratching back,,,,,,,,,,,,restarted and windows said, developed bad sectors , requires surface scan.......can i develop bad sectors like this?, should i worry bout it, tooo scared to run the scan :mellow

[Krell]

No, well . . . . a pretty strong no anyways.

Its more likely due to the drives age and your mantainance habits. If you continue to have this problem, check the warrenty on your drive.

Let Windows run the scan and mark those bad sectors.

[Shadow, Thief of the Sun]

Oops, looks like you have some problems.

But i don't that it have anything to do with that file. I think that there might be problem with your hard drive.

[wapazoid]

No file can cause physical damage to your harddrive. Having bad sectors is usually a warning sign that your HD is dying. I would start thinking about a replacement (if it's under warranty, RMA it), and start migrating your important files onto CD's, Zip disks, etc.

[crackerjacker]

hmm bad sectors on a harddrive can be fixed.
let scand disk fix the errors, and if it doesnt like krell said let it mark it so windows knows not to use that part of hd anymore and u wont get weird messages.

one time i got a bad disk error like that but it was because i had dropped my laptop. way bak in the early 92 or so.
anyhows i still was able to use it.
and harddrives are cheap these days though so u should back up what u need to as soon as u can just to be on safe side and see if u warrantly will cover your hardrive.

[wapazoid]

I'm not aware of any program that can actually "fix" bad sectors, besides marking them and possibly restoring lost data. Bad sectors are a result of hardware failure. Got any nanoprobes?

[shawners]

hey kruell, I have had problems with my hard drive, i noticed windows xp starting up and it said, System scan initiated, or something, and it was scanning my F drive which is my mp3 drive, FOLDers of mp3's was empty and i marked the ones that are good and moved them, and the bad ones, said folder empty. and it like was doing a hicup accessing the folder, and if i click to open it, it says drive not formated, do you want to format, so after i moved all the good stuff over and recover the other stuff on my hard drive, i reformated it, so i moved everything back over, and it done the same thing again. I had the hard drive for 2 years, how long does hard drives last and what would make it go out so quickly?

[jonnymnemonic]

Where my MP3 drive zoinked out, at least the MP3 dir, piles of bad sheit. And what SEEMED to cause the problem was letting Windows Media Player 'track' that directory for changes and keep a media library for me. So, I zapped the MP3 dir off that drive, copied over the backup from the other drive, and this time DID NOT tell Windows Media Player jack about where my MP3 files are, and zero probs since.

These types of probs are also the very reason why I keep two duplicate HDs in the machine and use one to back up the other (two 200 gig HDs). If I hadn't been so paranoid as to do the dual HD thing, that woulda been, well, a lot of lost data. Almost makes me paranoid enough to wonder if that's not an intentional 'feature' of Windows Media Player.

In any case, I use WinAmp now, for music, always. Fook WMP! ;)

[Krell]

One of the highest causes of HD problem with P2P use, is high fragmentation, and huge Master File Tables. Right click each drive and turn off "Allow Indexing Service to Index . .. "

If you have moved the files, and then formatted, moved them back, and have the same prob, you may need to do a Low Level format, which is different.

It is always beneficial to state whether an F: drive on a physical drive, or a partition.

If your drive in question, is one physical drive, then download the DIAG disk from the manufacturer, and run their utilities, such as MAXDIAG from Maxtor.

After the Low Level format, (all night) you will then be able to use the util to test and requalify the drive. You may also want to check the serial # on their site to see if it is in warrenty.

Also, if you have other utilities, such as Ontrack, check the SMART feature of the drive, see if it gives errors.

Did you know that the head of the drive is SO close to the platter surface, that a single particle of cigg smoke stuck on the surface and hit by the head will scratch the head, making a cluster unusable?


Try to keep your PCs dust free, dont smoke and keep them cool.