i have an old laptop drive (fujitsu MHK2120AT) that im converting into an external USB drive and im under the impression that this drive has a few bad sectors. first of all, it wont complete a full format to NFTS and norton's disk doctor hangs at 70% when scanning the drive. funny though, i have used partiton magic to wipe the drive and scan for errors and although it found no errors, the problem still persists. i tried downloaded the disk disgnostics from the fujitsu website, but the programs doesnt support a usb drive. is there any way i can run the disgnostics on this drive?
i have read somewhere (i think here, although i tried searching) that i can create a partition that will contain these bad sectors and keep them from corrupting my data. i have also seen aftermarket drives on ebay that claim the bad sectors are isolated. does anyone here know how to perfomr this task? is it even possible?
thanks, steve.
i have read somewhere (i think here, although i tried searching) that i can create a partition that will contain these bad sectors and keep them from corrupting my data. i have also seen aftermarket drives on ebay that claim the bad sectors are isolated. does anyone here know how to perfomr this task? is it even possible?
thanks, steve.
