[ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
Guys, need help here! Anyone knows where can i download low level format software for Toshiba HD (MK4021GAS)?? Cause yesterday i crash my windows and suddenly it shows bad sector. Any one knows how to fix bad sector? Any help appreciated. Thanx in advance.
Cheers,
Toshi
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
I'd back up your data sooner rather than later. You can run check disc. If if finds anybad sectors it will cordon them off so Windows won't write any data to it.
-Press the
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-Under Hard Disk Drives highlight the disk which you want to scan.
-Open the
-Open the
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
I'd back up your data sooner rather than later. You can run check disc. If if finds anybad sectors it will cordon them off so Windows won't write any data to it.
-Press the
-Select
-Under Hard Disk Drives highlight the disk which you want to scan.
-Open the
-Open the
-Click the
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
i don't think a low level format will fix a bad sector.
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
i don't think a low level format will fix a bad sector. If for pyhsical damage u can't fix the bad sector but i don't think mine is this kind of problem. Something to do with the windows system file which the was corrupt.
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
You can't do a LLF but maybe this page can help. Or you can download Active@ Kill Disk, which does a zero-fill wipe (some people mistakenly call this a low level format). I've used this program on my own computers. It just wipes every sector with ones and zeros, erasing every bit of data (formating doesn't erase, it just tells the OS to go ahead and write over next time around). After you do a zero-fill, install XP and for your format option use the regular format not quick format.
When Windows finds bad sectors, it flags them so it won't ever write to them again - this is also called re-mapping. That's how windows "fixes" them (it's the only way to fix them). It's true that you can't really fix a bad sector, however a lot of times the "bad sector" error can be wrong. When this is the case (and you only know by trying), running a program like Kill Disk or DriveWipe followed by a standard windows format, can often solve the problem. Use a zero-fill utility instead of any so-called low-level format utilite - zero-filling is the closest thing you can get to bring your hard drive back to factory condition. You can't low-level format modern drives yourself and theres no need to do so even if you could. And like I said earlier, many people (including many zero-fill software companies) call zero-filling low-level formatting.
After you do a zero-fill and windows still finds an error, theres nothing you can do but accept it and move on. Just let Windows do it's little fix (err re-mapping of the hard drive sector layout). Once that's done, you won't have any problems. Think of it like a dead pixel that you can't even see.
Info: Low Level Format
Info: Zero-Fill Utilties
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Re: [ask] Low level format software for Toshiba Mk4021gas
You can't do a LLF but maybe this page can help. Or you can download Active@ Kill Disk, which does a zero-fill wipe (some people mistakenly call this a low level format). I've used this program on my own computers. It just wipes every sector with ones and zeros, erasing every bit of data (formating doesn't erase, it just tells the OS to go ahead and write over next time around). After you do a zero-fill, install XP and for your format option use the regular format not quick format.
When Windows finds bad sectors, it flags them so it won't ever write to them again. That's how windows "fixes" them. It's true that you can't really fix a bad sector, however a lot of times the "bad sector" error can be wrong. When this is the case (and you only know by trying), running a program like Kill Disk or DriveWipe followed by a standard windows format, can sometimes solve the problem. Use a zero-fill utility instead of any so-called low-level format utilites . You can't low-level format modern drives yourself and theres no need to do so even if you could. And like I said earlier, many people (including many zero-fill software companies) call zero-filling low-level formatting.
Info: Low Level Format
Info: Zero-Fill Utilties Thanx man, i will try u'r advice. Thanx a lot once again. :)