If the HDD is make of Samsung or seagate, there is software for download for fixing the bad sector and restore to original factory settings from the manufacturers of HDD. It will work for windows and don't know whether it will work on linux 4 years back, i had problem and was restored to good condition.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Prakash Advani <prak...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > ** > mkfs.ext4 -c > > The -c is the option for checking for bad blocks.. > > For partition use cfdisk /dev/sda (if /dev/sda is the drive you want to > partition. > > You can also use fdisk or gparted (graphics) > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Prakash > > On 06/17/2011 08:30 AM, Lalremlien Neitham wrote: > > There are some (18) bad sectors in my friends Asus EEE PC 1000HA. Windows > (XP) cannot be loaded, but Ubuntu can be. Is there any way to fix those bad > sectors? I have retrieved all the data, and entirely erased and used the > HDD. How do I partition the single partition (ext4)? Thanks. > > > -- > Prakash Advani | http://cityblogger.com > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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