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‎04-09-2017 05:37 AM

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Product: Example: Pavilion p6-2022UK
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Using the HDD Guardian program I get a result of 427 Bad Sectors and 144 ATA errors for my hard disc drive

Is it tme to clone the Hard Drive and replace the old one? Any advice would be most welcome.

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‎04-09-2017 06:23 AM - edited ‎04-09-2017 06:24 AM

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That result does not mean that the hard disk is toast just yet.  Windows has a built in chkdsk utility that can test the surface of the disk and ensure that ythe data is located in contiguous sectors and that the bad sectors are not used.

 

Go to a command line window and run the operqting system's own test before you believe the results of a test from a third party utility.

 

 


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‎04-09-2017 06:23 AM - edited ‎04-09-2017 06:24 AM

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That result does not mean that the hard disk is toast just yet.  Windows has a built in chkdsk utility that can test the surface of the disk and ensure that ythe data is located in contiguous sectors and that the bad sectors are not used.

 

Go to a command line window and run the operqting system's own test before you believe the results of a test from a third party utility.

 

 


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