Bad Sectors

[Shasta]

hi
my hard disk has developed bad sectors in one of the four partitions.
the os is not installed in that partition but there is lots of data and songs stored in it.
is it harmful to store data on a partition having bad sectors.
will the bad sectors increase if i access that data?
will they transfer to other partions?

someone told me that the os should not installed on bad sector partition
but one can have other data on it. is it true?

 

[khansdream]

Yeah. Bad Sectors are always a big problem. You are right don't installed any OS on the partition where bad sectors exist, and keeping important data on the same partition is also dangerous.

Yes, bad sectors will increase, you can collect all the bad sectors and dumped in a separate partition, thats the only reliable solution.

On the other hand there are some software claiming they can repair bad sectors but they are simply not efficient. In a nut shell not all the bad sectors can be repaired.

And bad sectors wouldn't transfer to other partitions afaik.

 

[wizrulz]

hi
my hard disk has developed bad sectors in one of the four partitions.
the os is not installed in that partition but there is lots of data and songs stored in it.

No problem as it can harm onlythose stuff that r in that partition..

is it harmful to store data on a partition having bad sectors.

do not stire imp data in that section ...more over do not store imp data on this HDD..can betray u any time....

will the bad sectors increase if i access that data?

bad sectors increase any ways even if u avaiod using data form this section.....if u cannot take to some tecnhician and ask hime to group the bad sectors in one part of HDD so that it will not infect others

will they transfer to other partions?

nope

someone told me that the os should not installed on bad sector partition

CORRECT

but one can have other data on it. is it true?

yes .. but as i said not imp data which can be lost due to it

 

[samrulez]

1>Try not to install the OS on the partition with bad sectors coz it may crash any time,. (OS)
2>Avoid storing imp DATA in the same partition..
3>Run scan disk on the partition..
4>Avoid re-formatting the drive too many times (that may increase the bad sectors)
5>Store the DATA which u have a backup of on a CD or somethin....
6>If the bad sector increases try and get a new hard disk (if u are short of space)....

 

[Shasta]

will it be harmful if i play songs and video that are stored in that partition.

 

[janitha]

will it be harmful if i play songs and video that are stored in that partition.

Once bad sectors start developing, it is bound to increase over time. In short, the HDD is no longer reliable. Of course you can use utilities like scandisk etc. to mark the bad sectors so that they will not be used. It is nothing like a permanent cure. I feel it is best to replace the disk or use it as a secondary storage disk for unimportant files.