Bad Sector on HDD?

[Jim]

I am running XP Home running NTFS.

I was having problems when doing a virus scan. My system would lock on the
same files every time. If I tried to open the files manually or even
highlight them with my cursor, the system would lock. I ended up deleting
the files from a command line.

I then decided to run a full scandisk and it would get end up locking up. I
then ran chkdsk on boot up, and it locked up at phase 4 checking file data.
I am leaning towards having a bad sector where it is locking the system
everytime that sector is accessed.

Does that sound right and does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it?

Jim

[Matt Coy]

Hi Jim,

It does sound like a damaged sector somewhere in there. While chkdsk can
often detect a damaged sector and relocate the information that was occupied
there, I would suggest going to the website of the manufacturer of the
affected harddrive and downloading their diagnostic tool and performing the
non-instrusive scans that will not erase your data.

Hitachi/IBM
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/#dlgtools

Maxtor/Quantum
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Fujitsu
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html

Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/

--
Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)

"Jim" > wrote in message
. ..
> I am running XP Home running NTFS.
>
> I was having problems when doing a virus scan. My system would lock on the
> same files every time. If I tried to open the files manually or even
> highlight them with my cursor, the system would lock. I ended up deleting
> the files from a command line.
>
> I then decided to run a full scandisk and it would get end up locking up.
I
> then ran chkdsk on boot up, and it locked up at phase 4 checking file
data.
> I am leaning towards having a bad sector where it is locking the system
> everytime that sector is accessed.
>
> Does that sound right and does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix
it?
>
> Jim
>
>
>

[Jim]

Thanks Matt.

Jim


"Matt Coy" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Jim,
>
> It does sound like a damaged sector somewhere in there. While chkdsk can
> often detect a damaged sector and relocate the information that was
occupied
> there, I would suggest going to the website of the manufacturer of the
> affected harddrive and downloading their diagnostic tool and performing
the
> non-instrusive scans that will not erase your data.
>
> Hitachi/IBM
> http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
>
> Western Digital
> http://support.wdc.com/download/#dlgtools
>
> Maxtor/Quantum
> http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
>
> Fujitsu
> http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
>
> Seagate
> http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
>
> Samsung
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/
>
> --
> Matt Coy, MCSE
> Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)
>
> "Jim" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > I am running XP Home running NTFS.
> >
> > I was having problems when doing a virus scan. My system would lock on
the
> > same files every time. If I tried to open the files manually or even
> > highlight them with my cursor, the system would lock. I ended up
deleting
> > the files from a command line.
> >
> > I then decided to run a full scandisk and it would get end up locking
up.
> I
> > then ran chkdsk on boot up, and it locked up at phase 4 checking file
> data.
> > I am leaning towards having a bad sector where it is locking the system
> > everytime that sector is accessed.
> >
> > Does that sound right and does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix
> it?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
>
>