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by Panzor23
2022.07.15. 21:02
Forum: Questions
Topic: Weak sectors and weak blocks
Replies: 7
Views: 2874

Re: Weak sectors and weak blocks

I ran the reinitialize disk surface test on some of the more damaged blocks all reverted to good and the disk health is now 99% with only one weak sector remaining. Changing that via offset results in a +/- icon showing near the health bar telling me of the health change via SMART offset. I reverted...
by Panzor23
2022.07.14. 15:34
Forum: Questions
Topic: Weak sectors and weak blocks
Replies: 7
Views: 2874

Re: Weak sectors and weak blocks

Ok. I just managed to install a new OS on my second hard drive that is also installed. Now I need a step by step guide on how to reinitialize disk surface. I now have a dual OS present o my pc meaning I can boot from both HDDs. I want to delete the old one so that I can run a disk reinitialize surfa...
by Panzor23
2022.07.12. 12:35
Forum: Questions
Topic: Weak sectors and weak blocks
Replies: 7
Views: 2874

Re: Weak sectors and weak blocks

Is running a reinitialise disk surface test advisable on a system disk or should I first install windows on my other hdd and boot from there before reinitialise got disk surface on the problematic hdd? Furthermore is running this test only on the few problematic sectors OK or must it be run on the e...
by Panzor23
2022.07.11. 14:52
Forum: Questions
Topic: Weak sectors and weak blocks
Replies: 7
Views: 2874

Weak sectors and weak blocks

Hello, I recently ran into a problem where my 100% health hard drive used only 1.5 months suddenly went down to 52% health! Now Hdd sentinel says that there are more then 300 weak sectors in the hdd. I scanned 2000 sectors and found that most of the weak sectors were in a few blocks, the rest were a...