hi SAF i am from vietnam
_ i buy 2 old hard drive , 20 GB and 40 GB MAXTOR, i use partition magic to resize them , i have 2 error messenger :error 105 and error 108
_i try to install winXP SP2 on 20GB HDD but window say bad clusters and fiix it untill 100% but window stop here forever , i use maxtor hard disk tool to test , it say a problem with SMART



* another questions :how to erase bad sector ?which tool to do this ? can you tell me some problem may happen with FAT table
thx ( my english 's so bad )

Hi bibocool, welcome to SAF

If there are logical errors, the partition/format utilities may handle them, but if there are physical errors, this is impossible to fix. Depending on the damage extension, some utilities may avoid the system to use them, but normally, you can consider the hard disk as dead.

Instead of Partition Magic, you can try the FDisk and Format commands to try to make them work. If you still get critical errors, I'm affraid you lost the hard disks.

If you get non-critical errors and can format them, they may be not reliable for use.

Chris

so fast answer only in 3 hours thx a lot SAF

You are always welcome

using PC3000 ISA add the bad sector into Plist defect table