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    Disk Doctor

    Hey all, it's been a while!

    Just wondering, what is the best Disk fixing program, last time I used one it was Norton Disk Doctor, but I avoid all norton/symmantec products now if I can.

    Any advice?

    Bazz

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    What's wrong with the disk?

    Good bit of chkdsk usually does it for me, or failing that, chkdsk again, but from the recovery console.
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    Chkdsk isn't doing it, it appears to fix it and enables it to boot until the next restart.

    If I then rerun chkdsk it finds the same problems.

    So I need something a bit more powerful.

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    If it's doing that it could be the memory and not the hard disk; I've had a very similar problem to this before. It may be worth taking memtest86+ for a spin.

    Nevertheless, try booting off the XP CD into a recovery console and running chkdsk from there. Also, see if the Bart PE boot CD has any handy disk checking plugins for it.
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    Cheers mate, already done the memtest, haven't booted it into recovery mode though - does chkdsk behave differently there?

    I'll do it when I'm home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bazzlad
    Cheers mate, already done the memtest, haven't booted it into recovery mode though - does chkdsk behave differently there?

    I'll do it when I'm home.
    Don't ask me why, but yes, it seems to.
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    Erm. Ok Round Two.

    The disk is screwed. Chkdsk pretends to work, and then the format from the windows disk fails.

    Any tips? I was thinking a low level -0's format. But I'm wondering if there's not a drisk fixing utility, something to section off the bad segments?


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    OK. Who manufacturered the disk? See if they have a diagnostic utility; they can sometimes fix problems like this.
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    Sounds like you've dealt with this a few times I'll find out the make.

    Cheers mate.

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