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03-17-2007, 02:56 PM
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During Boot Scan - Files Unreadable...
Hi there,
I recently installed Avast antivirus. When it finished installing it asked me if I wanted to perform a boot scan, I said yes. So it scanned away and found 2896 through to 2903 unreadable. I assume these are sectors? I guess I'm wondering what this means, is my HDD on the way out? Thanks ~FOX~ |
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03-17-2007, 03:30 PM
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You can check the HDD by using chkdsk from a command prompt. If you want it to try and fix the errors the command is "chkdsk /r" Hope this helps
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03-17-2007, 04:30 PM
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If you're really worried about the hdd, download the manufacturer's diagnostics and run them.
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03-17-2007, 06:51 PM
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but is that what the report means? I have no reason to believe it's failing, but when it says they are unreadable it makes me wonder if a failure is inevitable.
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03-18-2007, 11:31 AM
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You NEED to run diagnostics on the hard drive - unreadable sectors are NEVER good.
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03-18-2007, 07:07 PM
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roger.
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