i have seagate harddisk i want to remove the physical bad...

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Answer by Tariq Mahmood
Submitted on 5/3/2004
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Fixing a hard disk crash It's really not too difficult to fix your own hard drive, if the problem is a head crash, or the infamous Seagate "stiction" problem, if you know what to do. You will require #4/0 steel wool, Varsol, WD-40, a few hand tools, and about 45 minutes. First, you need a clean room, so make sure the garage door is closed before you begin. Move those old lawnmower parts off the bench. Disassemble the sealed unit and carefully wash all parts with Varsol. Bend the read/write heads out of the way and then disassemble the platter stack. VERY CAREFULLY buff the platter surfaces with the #4/0 steel wool. This will remove any existing data, level out any surface defects, and help to redistribute the magnetic media and fill in those pesky "bad sectors" that most drives have. Reassemble the platter stack, and using a .015" feeler gauge, bend the read/write head back to the platter surface, using the feeler gauge to set the gap. This is a slightly higher gap than the factory uses, but it reduces the chance of head collisions with any flotsam you neglected to remove. Give the head and platters a good shot of WD-40 and reassemble the unit. If your drive has a filter, replace it with a clean section of gauze pad. All that's left is to low level and DOS format the drive, and you're back in business. I haven't tried this yet myself, but my friend's wife's cousin's, sister-in-law's husband knows a technician who does it all the time. my address: sendjustme@hotmail.com

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Question by imtias
Submitted on 9/19/2003
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i have seagate harddisk i want to remove the physical bad sector from the harddisk plz if any one help me to remove that badsectors. my id is smik_shaik@rediffmail.com

Answer by yousuf mohd
Submitted on 1/13/2004
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how to remove bad sectors from hard disk

Answer by fay
Submitted on 2/13/2004
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please use the disk manager Seagate low level the harddisk

Answer by shabir jan
Submitted on 2/16/2004
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use the sea map utility to remove the bad sectors from the hard disk.

Answer by ateeq
Submitted on 3/6/2004
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Respected sir/madam i have got a 40 GB hard disk in my hard disk is some bed sector and i want to remove it. if u will provide me that .. sir i need very much this software plz give me that . kindly thanking u .. ateeq muhd_aateeq@hotmail.com

Answer by macejm
Submitted on 3/30/2004
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what can i do for that errors i have lots of bad sectors, how can i remove it from my hard disk

Answer by Tigerkhan
Submitted on 4/3/2004
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repeatlow level format for more than 20 times and there will be no bad in your hard disk

Answer by Aakash
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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can somebody Guide me whats low level formatting for samsung harddisk

Answer by prakash A.S
Submitted on 5/20/2004
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i have got a 40 GB hard disk in my hard disk is some bed sector and i want to remove it. if u will provide me that .. sir i need very much this software plz give me that . kindly thanking u ..

Answer by Abacus
Submitted on 6/8/2004
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its require low level format ..........format it using seamap or another low level format utility by selecting No to Write protect in low level format utility software.........seamap is best us it by obtaining it from the websearch

Answer by hardikc
Submitted on 8/5/2004
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i have bed sector in harddisk. i have two time format my harddisk.

Answer by Shak
Submitted on 8/21/2004
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1)Removing physical badsectors is imposible 2)Low -Level format can only be done with SCSI hardisk drive. 3)EIDE hardisk drive(s) are low-level formatted in their companies. so you can't low -level the EIDE harddisk for removing physical badsectors. 4)however you can hide that badsectors with many softwares or with partitioning harddisk. salih_purple14@yahoo.com

Answer by kamran
Submitted on 9/25/2004
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seamap

Answer by saa
Submitted on 9/30/2004
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Answer by faisal
Submitted on 10/27/2004
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I shall be very thankful to you.

Answer by sambhaji
Submitted on 11/4/2004
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Not Possible to Remove but Use low level formating and can use disk manager utility for formatting.If bad sectors are removed then just mark it by using scandisk or norton disk doctor utility.

Answer by Marcello
Submitted on 11/6/2004
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I'mlookin for a seagate barracuda Harddisk 40 gigs with bad sector too. I need the circuit board. Email me or add me in msn at this address: mcadoni@hotmail.com or yahoo messenger voltron_v2 thanks

Answer by jeevan
Submitted on 12/1/2004
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How to use seamap software for more than 2.1 GB HDD ? What parameters should i set for these hard drives?

Answer by dsfeafd
Submitted on 12/24/2004
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Answer by raghu
Submitted on 12/30/2004
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Answer by punit
Submitted on 1/9/2005
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this is right

Answer by taslim_ulhaq@yahoo.com
Submitted on 1/31/2005
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hello, Dear sir Assam e Alikum i need software of bad sector that how can i remove the bad sector from my hard disk. and how can i do low level formatin ok bye

Answer by vinay
Submitted on 3/4/2005
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Answer by venkatesh
Submitted on 3/14/2005
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how can i remove bad sectors from hard disk

Answer by sarangtopare
Submitted on 3/30/2005
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Answer by nani
Submitted on 4/12/2005
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i have some hardisk utilities( like bad sector removing)

Answer by shafqat
Submitted on 4/27/2005
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very good for hard disk Seagate

Answer by rafiu
Submitted on 5/19/2005
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for my computer they is same bad sector has been spread that only search the thing form googly i want to remove the sector for my hard drive in my computer

Answer by kiran
Submitted on 6/13/2005
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i have some problem in my hard disk is i load windows,windows file missing from the hard disk

Answer by sami
Submitted on 7/12/2005
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other low level format utlities damage hardisk but this is true lowlevel formating utlity sea map is good

Answer by Blue_Eyes
Submitted on 7/22/2005
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the steel wool method is . plz dont do it. it would entirely damage the hard disk.

Answer by Ranga
Submitted on 7/25/2005
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I have 2.1 hard disk is some bed sector and i want to remove it.

Answer by Asantha
Submitted on 7/25/2005
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what yours name

Answer by Faisal
Submitted on 8/3/2005
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well u can remove bad sectors by using low level format or any utility like Disk manager (DM) some old computer board also have an option of low level format

Answer by krutikvora
Submitted on 8/10/2005
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i have 80 GB Seagate hard disk.when i scan hard disk. there are 144541 bad sector are in hard disk.i remove bad sector what can i do?