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    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by xxbadboys93, Aug 7, 2010.

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    xxbadboys93 Notebook Deity

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    Hey guys, do you know any programs that can fix bad sectors. From what i understand, there are extra sectors on the hard drive you can relocate the bad ones to..

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    xxbadboys93, Aug 7, 2010
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    On modern drives, sector reallocation is handled by firmware, you would have to have a factory test jig to do it yourself.

    If a drive is out of spare sectors and starts to show hard errors, it's time to replace the drive before it fails completely.
     
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