On 09/05/2010 06:40 AM, Pimpom wrote:
> Could anyone please point me to a hard disk utility (preferably
> free) that does a surface scan and *not* make a valiant effort to
> recover data when it encounters a bad sector? The ideal program
> would be one that can be set to mark a bad or borderline sector
> as "bad" and move on without spending a lot of time trying to
> recover it.
>
> It's not that I'm having a problem with my HDD. I work a lot on
> other people's computers that have nothing vital in them and such
> a tool will sometimes come in handy. I know of hard disk
> manufacturers' tools, but have not had a chance to use them on
> drives with bad sectors. A Windows or bootable DOS tool would be
> great.
>
>



Depending on the manufacturer, the utility may have the ability to
map-out bad sectors and move data as needed