This week I was working on a computer that was having problems with it’s hard drive.\u00a0 I could get it to start once, and then it would fail to start up again.\u00a0 As you can imagine, the drive had some bad sectors, but the people I was fixing this for could not afford another $60 expense to replace the drive.\u00a0 So I had to try to find a way to fix the computer without replacing the drive.<\/p>\n
And that’s when I learned this: Before you throw out a drive with bad sectors, try to run the manufacturers test and repair utilities on the hard drive.\u00a0 Western Digital has its Digital Lifeguard software and I’m sure Seagate has a similar tool.\u00a0 If you can attempt a repair with it, try the repair option.\u00a0 If the repair fails, then you will likely need to get a new hard drive unfortunately.\u00a0 Hopefully this will help you wring another couple of months out of your drive.\u00a0 (Who knows, it may work for years after you do so.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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