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Bad Cluster Question
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Depends why it is bad. Could have been there for years (a bad cluster could be from damage when the computer was jarred, and the head touched the platter), or the surface is starting to flake off. Keep back-ups of any needed data. Run defrag once a week, if it stays at one bad cluster, just use it as normal. When it starts showing more bad clusters when you run defrag, plan on replacement. You should also see more and more errors as the platter gets more bad spots.
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DCliff817: Thanx
I started Defrag at 5:30 am. At 9:30 am it had done 70%. Ridiculous. I figured out a quicker way to inspect the HD;
Start Defrag then after a few minutes click Details > Pause. Next page down thru the field and you can spot any bad clusters because they have a red diagonal thru em. In my case 12 hits on the Page Down key and there it is. Continuing on showed no others.
Defraging probly doesn't do me significant good anyway. I've 10 GB with 5 GB free and don't do multimedia, games, photos or sound.
I started Defrag at 5:30 am. At 9:30 am it had done 70%. Ridiculous. I figured out a quicker way to inspect the HD;
Start Defrag then after a few minutes click Details > Pause. Next page down thru the field and you can spot any bad clusters because they have a red diagonal thru em. In my case 12 hits on the Page Down key and there it is. Continuing on showed no others.
Defraging probly doesn't do me significant good anyway. I've 10 GB with 5 GB free and don't do multimedia, games, photos or sound.
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