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Hard drive failing hard disk has many bad sectors

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An icon popped up at the top saying disk has many bad sectors

says reallocated sector count

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sammy2007 (sammy2007) said : 		#1

Is there any way I can reformat the hard drive with ubuntu?

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sammy2007 (sammy2007) said : 		#2

Is there any way I can reformat the hard drive with ubuntu?

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sammy2007 (sammy2007) said : 		#3

I have the ubuntu cd and even reinstalled the whole thing, still hasn't solved, is there anyway to fix without replacing the hard drive?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

no, bad sectors are physical faults. replace the drive ASAP

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sammy2007 (sammy2007) said : 		#5

so there is no way to slow format the drive?

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#6

Sammy -- first the report may be inaccurate. If there is a tool from the disk manufacturer I would use that to see if it is reporting the same. I had a warning on a 1TB drive -- and the drive reports fine with the manufacturers tools. What you are talking about is a low level format -- and if you can it would also be with the manufacturers tools... and I do not think a low level format resets smart data.... though I could be wrong.

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