How to Fix A Bad Sector on a Hard Drive

[@relaxingnature2617]

Don't you think it would have made a better video if you used a harddrive with problems ? ..this video is like teaching a mecanics course on a flawless brand new car

[@shankarvlogs001]

Exactly

[@txforsaken8164]

No , because the hard drive would soon strt increasing latency or even stop working , showing blue error screens

[@luckiic5714]

yeah pointless video

[@hyperdazedesu7350]

Me: How to Fix A Bad Sector on a Hard Drive? Britec09: Buy a new Hard Drive

[@pach0796]

I've used the software, it runs however it damaged my hdd, my hdd is no longer visible to any of my devices, i also tried it on my windows system drive, now i'm unable to boot to windows, this sucks, yesterday i had my hdd and windows working, now both of them is unusable...

[@wazeditsx]

Really?

[@katewolf00]

It didn't break your hard drive, your hard drive just got too many bad sectors to work properly and failed

[@halfpricemoron]

@@katewolf00 His drive worked+He used the software and his drive no longer works = It broke his drive. Doesn't get more logical than that.

[@ModernBladesmith]

@@halfpricemoron well, if it was failing, it could have coincidentally failed. and if it broke it, 99% of all problems are with the operator.

[@jessymode]

did it show up in disk management

[@gooorylin]

Thank you for that video.I needed to fix my wd velociraptor sir Brian.That is the best video in your channel so far.

[@drtiegoo]

Thanks for this, ive been looking for a video with a fix for a long time and this one worked, just, thx

[@noodlesatemybaby]

How exactly does scanning your Hard Drive for errors fix it? Wasn't really explained well, at all

[@midnighthymn]

I know right

[@dnmr]

there's a "Remap" toggle that makes it automatically relocate bad sectors, check 4:44

[@matrixate]

I use Stablebit Scanner, but I always religiously replace the hard drive when sectors start going yellow or when they take more than 100ms to write a sector? I forgot the speed threshold but whenever it takes a while. I've only had one hard drive fail bad in 15 years. It was a newer 2TB Seagate. Fortunately, I had backups.

[@SungazerDNB]

@Nathan Jacobson My best and trusted HDDS are more than 10 years old, seagate barracudas

[@vivekr6239]

same seagate sucks

[@KristoferProphet]

When I try to do a Write test on my external, all the blocks have an error and say “Access denied” When I do a read it’s perfectly fine and the drive works fine and everything like that.

[@asy42699]

Me: has more than 10 blue boxes Also me: this is fine😀

[@Kingking-qx2gq]

Can you please explain what restore and remap do? Does using remap stops that sector forever? And what restore actually does? And what actually erase does? And also do I need to do anything with smart such as reset it?

[@uncrunch398]

What cheap brand HDD do you have? If I'm not mistaken, this was an automatic feature and they had spare sectors since early IDE/PATA or before. The drive handled it, the OS and apps only noticed a slow down when it dealt with bad sectors. It didn't always slow apps down if there weren't too many for read ahead / prefetch buffers to keep up.

[@rogernevez5187]

2:18 *"SMART Monitor: Raw read error count => 228032160"* How do you know this huge number is ok ??? Sounds pretty scary to me ...

[@muhammadmustafahassan7814]

there are a few dots in green color ahead of that count, you can guess if this huge number is ok or not from Green color and dots number :)

[@club4ghz]

So i downloaded this software, select orange, red, blue and remap. It already found 1 red right from the beginning. Do i have to do anything else after it ends or it will get rid of them automatically ?

[@lukey4979]

Would you be able to do a more in depth look at the software?

[@mrcazyweirdo73]

should i start the scan with remap or restore if i wanna fix my hdd bad sectors!!? and i dont lose my data AT ALL!!!

[@gamelogic1344]

Great video very helpful !!!, but I have a question, I used smart and it said my drive condition was good but I had over 13000 reallocated sector counts and when I ran the test over 1000 red and blue errors what do I do?

[@rogerlow9107]

Try to Restore it,if it didn't work then do remap or erase

[@gamelogic1344]

@@rogerlow9107 Okay, thanks for the advice.

[@gamelogic1344]

@@rogerlow9107 Remaping didn't work trying to erase and that's not working either.

[@chrisbekker9698]

@@gamelogic1344 Under settings, locate API, and then Use SCT-commands for Remap.

[@chrisbekker9698]

You have a option to relocate Bad sectors, so it marks Bad sectors, and the Drive does not use them anymore. Its not a bad program, you just need to know what you are doing! Not for amateurs BTW.

[@windroid_user]

Yep, looks alright to me. Unfortunately I cannot fix this 600GB HDD filled to the brim with cyclic redundancy checks.. Largest internal (probably external as well) drive I have owned lol. Got my first laptop with an SSD not too long ago as well, around the time you posted the comment I think. HP Elitebook 8470p, worth checking out if you do not rock a desktop or modern system that you are happy with.

[@ethos4066]

Thanks a lot, if I know which LBA the bad sectors start at, can I just remap from this point till the end in one step or is there any faster way? because checking every LBA and remapping it will take forever.

[@Jorgeng9]

Where do I get the program

[@Swift-Lee]

Do you have to keep the victoria software once it marks the hdd if any areas that need remapping? Can you uninstall the programme once its done

[@Bluedragon-co4kb]

Thank you very much Brian!!!! I been looking forward to a video like that one :-) keep up the great teaching!

[@Britec09]

Cheers Tony

[@revenge977]

nvm , dont try any tool that says it will fix bad sectors they are all trash , they might increase the problem , if your harddrive has bad sectors just buy ssd or another harddrive or ,, ignore the bad sectors .

[@Ertz86]

Nothing will fix physical damage to a drive platter, however using this tool to check a brand new drive before populating it is probably a good idea.

[@Kaiwizz]

thanks for the video. I was wondering what does the erase button do. what happens when I erase the bad sectors in my drive?

[@macson2832]

Does chkdsk command do the same? Locate the bad sectors repairs it and doesn’t let it use the bad sector again?

[@misonimisoni7818]

i have done same you have shown but still am getting the same CRC error nor able initialize. so not showing in explore nor disk managment

[@TheinpossibleGang]

Talking about hard drives, I have been having the white flashing line and black screen issue during boot

[@Britec09]

Could be screen related, GPU related etc etc. Need more info

[@TheinpossibleGang]

It only happens occasionally, the issue I believe is mainly because the PC is booting from the HDD where the OS is not installed, I normally just switch the priority around with my SSD and switch it back, that normally does it. Thannks for reply

[@Argiedan]

@@TheinpossibleGang I've seen my external hd flashs in blue color on a pc that is not mine, why in blue? it's always white at home when connected to my laptop and tv

[@ianarbery9601]

thanks britec09 for the showing us how to use the software

[@Britec09]

You're welcome.

[@Missony74]

Oh god, if i had this 15 years ago, now, i was a very rich man! Thank for sharing this.

[@Britec09]

Glad you liked it.

[@lightsk3r939]

Do this software scan the whole PC along with external hard drive or can I scan only the external one? and yeah,scan completed.And I have some warning and errors.Should I do anything else or it's already fixed by itself?

[@brisie]

As always, very practical and informative video. The Victoria tutorial was particularly helpful as the app's own help file is written in Russian!

[@rogeriomoretti3114]

Great vid, man! Thanks a lot. I'm running Victoria on a HDD that started reporting bad sectors on CrystalDisk, and I'm seeing a LOT of orange spots in the test section. I'm guessing there's really nothing that can be done for that drive, yeah? :(

[@MaZzZ5]

So i've learned that my hardisk is fucked lol

[@Howl14]

My uncorrectable sectors says "1" how do i fix that?

[@RIPUZI]

Thanks Brian! Keep on keeping on.

[@Britec09]

Cheers Wayne, if KZbin don't sort these comments and video views out, I don't think I will be doing much longer.

[@RIPUZI]

Oh no!

[@danjan5100]

How many bad sectors do the hard drive get slow? My new has 2 bad sectors and 1 weak sector, in the future how many bad sectors will slow down my pc?

[@drip888]

i was trying to repair it with the harddisk sentinel but it never repairs stuff, I will try using the software you mentioned :)

[@demented12]

Would I be able to recover data after using this and formating?

[@ForYou-hq5uu]

Hi so what happen if we select erase errors not bad sectors ? thank you

[@hridaybhatia5643]

Please make a video on the advanced part as well would love to learn from you

[@gylp2]

can this software also be used with usb flash drives?

[@akhitube1161]

Damn i used the “erase” option and just deleted my whole hardrive!!! Windows will no longer load. I lost everything!

[@josech3116]

stop using it and try easeus recovery tool, it worked for me quite well

[@akhitube1161]

Nevermind luckily i backed up my files already before the hardrive got erased.

[@tomasvainoras1029]

Use Minitool partition wizard to restore what you have deleted. It worked for me.

[@Lordosvk]

easeus works perfectly . but only pro verzion.

[@ima5h984]

@@Lordosvk did u paid or find crack version?

[@coolguy8709]

What's the efficial website of Victoria?

[@ydiadi_]

Victoria reported: SMART status = Unideal , what does this mean ?

[@virusboiigamingtv6901]

Hi if a hard disk running have some sound does that mean the hard disk already does it mean this hard disk is going to end of the life?

[@nullzero821]

Hi Shaun, if a hard drive starts making an unusual clicking noise it can indicate a mechanical problem with the head getting stuck on the platter, which can cause damage to the surface and your data, so best to switch off and send it to a data recovery company or If your hard drive is inside warranty you can get a replacement from the manufacturer.

[@jacknedry3925]

This work with SCSI drives?

[@Kashar]

Where i can download directly from who developed the software? Not from random web that look suspicious

[@kolorszx4112]

What will happen if i erase the bad sector

[@parsashirali8957]

Gabriel Dominic the data in it will be erased .

[@SinCityWayne]

Do you have any fixes for an SD card that won't let me reformat or let me write to it, on an Android phone or on PC Windows 10 if you could link me a video ASAP. thanks Boss

[@Jolly123123123]

My hard drive is being scanned right now and I found areas that need to be remapped, but it says "Try Remap...Access denied" How do I fix it?

[@jorwellzzz0724]

What if I can receive bad sectors with data error cyclic redudancy check?

[@dinoinsideabox9482]

is there a link for download mate? i dont trust those showing on google for me, i cant find the software website. i have 1 bad sector at the second line on hdd tune and i want to test this victoria before making partitions lol

[@wandaworx1217]

it would be nice to leave a link...

[@JoJo-i5p5x]

1:47 RPM = Revs per minute ? Gotcha 👍😂

[@J7-Steny]

What's the problem with that

[@PashaDefragzor]

This program fixes lost firmware and service area without an additional device like PC-3000 ?

[@Bluedragon-co4kb]

Britec09 what is the best link to use to download the Victoria software?? Thanks in advance :-)

[@cyberwolfe]

Wow! Looks like great software! Thanks for the tips! :)

[@thron1835]

Thanks Brian,I am looking forward in using this software HDAT2,when I get home.I will use it on my 10 year old Packard Bell Intel Core 2 Quad 8300 @2.50GHz with 1TB Hard drive and 8gb ram,since I install Ubuntu with Win7 my Desktop became slower.i clean installed Win7 installed and I checked for errors in cmd chkdsk c: /f ,Brian will the software (HDAT2) do the same job or better?

[@Syv00]

My computers been freezing up for ah while and i think it may be related to the reallocated sector count. the raw value says 9800 but i'm not sure what that means. should i be worried?

[@gelito6556]

Does it still work?

[@arnandabintang]

hello brian so my hdd probably has bad sectors and I got an ssd for the c:, my hdd is used for d: and e:. can I remove the hdd without reinstalling the windows? I'm planning to use only my ssd

[@twilightsparkle3561]

Yes you can as long as windows isnt installed on that drive

[@Ali-uv3dz]

if you chose the ignore the bad sectors fixed after scan ?

[@amazingvideospk9923]

sir meri 2tb hard ki helth 0 % Ho gai ha data copy nai ho rah?????????

[@plstrom]

Is that your own hd you have your op on running ? That is the problem I only have one HD to do it all

[@almedogjurgji]

Does this software work on SSDs, and is it possible to get the sofwtare in a dos mode if for example our pc doesn't boot?

[@yoshy2628]

The program is already integrated on Hiren's Boot CD tool. With the ISO you can create a bootable USB stick, and from there you need no Windows. Be aware that on newer Hiren's version maybe the software is no longer, so check description before download it.

[@Wheelmahn]

How can you mark the bad sector to unreadable or readable only ?

[@renebea9]

i had put the driver in the system32 folder, still i get a error message about the driver. windows 10 here.

[@vasquezg86]

What website do ppl go to download this software?

[@JustOneGuy]

Google Victoria 7.73b and you should find a link on soft something site.

[@rickybui1997]

My D hard drive where i keep all the games still over 800gb available but it keep disappeared everytime i try to install new game and pc freezes after that . Do you know whats wrong? Windows 10 btw

[@AllIsWellSI]

I also had the same issue,after lot of searching found that the sata power cable was kinda power cutting. I fixed it by putting the sata power very tightly to the power of the hard drive and it was fixed.

[@josech3116]

It took a lot of time on my 1TB exteral hd and didn't work, sometimes it reaches a point of almost completing task and reasuming that last part over and over again forever :(

[@filipinoswiftie1396]

maybe its because your hdd has some "physical" problem, not due to bad sectors.

[@nonchalant-gaming]

hi I've used your free download link and tried on my hdd. when i hit the start at the test tab I got a total of 30 errors and counting. Could I still be able to revive this drive? I cant seem to tick restore as this was only a free version :/

[@creep22]

Did you fixed it?

[@geojohnson5613]

Hey Brian, is is not true that a brand new hard drive can have bad sectors right out to the box?

[@Britec09]

It should not have any bad sectors, but I guess its possible that they could have a bad sector. Its never happen to me when I brought a new hard drive.

[@cee128d]

Yes they can and often do. It's just that they have been remapped and hidden so they aren't being used.

[@mnarif4846]

can this method solve the "100 disk usage" problem ?

[@felisleo2]

AZ Arif No. For that you need to change a file setting in MS.

[@BryanHilliard]

Where is the link for this software?

[@akmalyusoff5078]

Is this gonna fix error 0xc000005 problem? Because someone told me to search up for this kind of video.

[@animationtv426]

Where is the download link bruh????

[@roopakmaddara6833]

After clicking get smart it shows UNCN next to the button and below its written- Error reading S.M.A.R.T!

[@piezomotor]

What is the name of this software? I can not see the name on my phone. It would be much simple if the author of this video simply name it!

[@ernestmurimi]

when i try to check the disk all sectors are bad when using diskgenious S/W,trying to format i get this error :Read Sector Error! Disk: HD1:TOSHIBAMK3275GSX(298GB) From Sector: 0. 2 Sector(s) Total. Is my disk dead completely ,someone help

[@habibbilal7431]

That song is elevators by outkast

[@clarkcooler6967]

Great software 😁. Thank you.

[@youreverdayawesomenonsense4210]

Hello, I have a problem with my PC. When I start it up it says that "boot device is not compatible or not found then select a proper boot device and sometimes disk read error" Idk what to do I tried firmly reconnecting the cables many times and still the same. Please help

[@davidfilonenko90]

Go to bios and select first bootable device your HDD in your computer must work

[@davidfilonenko90]

To get to bios press f9 or delete every motherboard have their settings and bios

[@noodlesatemybaby]

You'll need to put a bootable version of windows on a USB if you don't have any OS installed on the computer, check your BIOS and see if there's an operating system on there, if not, downloading windows 10 or something onto a USB and boot your USB through bios and install it.

[@babisial7638]

Link of this software please

[@EZ_SNIPE]

Where do i download this software?

[@piyushchamoli515]

Sir can u help me i had put on full screen scaling option in intel graphics and now my monitor is not working it is showing out of range plz give me suggestion

[@gilbertrpino6229]

my drive corrupted and can't format to ntfs only exfat works please help me

[@superbrighteye]

clean the hard drive like factory new A) as safety go first to windows system manager-disc management look what number the drive has that you want to clean close page on pc searchbar type diskpart and start that in diskpart menu: type list disk type select disc 2 (the one you want to renew be sure you got the drive number right (see point A ) it says disk 2 is the selected disk type: clean confirm and wait 10 seconds close program after that its the usual formating process for a empty new fresh drive

[@lifestylebyDr.Aupurbo]

doe it work for external hard disk give me the software download link

[@timezonewall]

Anyone know what the difference in versions of this program, most videos are showing 4.47, this video shows 4.61, the most current version seems to be 5.2. Other than the 5.2 version, all the others are many years old, yet some seem to prefer those, particularly 4.47. Not sure why.

[@abusuffianabubakar4038]

thank you very2 much....i am looking foward for another video of yours...i will like and subscribe...thanks

[@princeshouan3030]

my Harddisk test show only orange lines

[@exploitallowed695]

Failed to format NTFS due to too many bad clusters.

[@avejst]

Thanks for sharing 😀👍

[@Britec09]

You're welcome.

[@akshaychauhan7920]

Scan in Remap Access Denied

[@saeedkhan8045]

How can hard disk password be removed or recovered please make a video on this topic thanks for ur work

[@evandernilsen2579]

well i found a drive from 2005 that has 624 bad sectors but it works just fine without any issues but i wont use it anytime soon

[@kariemismail2724]

How do you download it

[@byrd203]

britech do a video on a harddrive thats getting slower and slower with no warnings

[@Britec09]

I see what I can do.

[@pedersteenberg2010]

WHY IS IT BAD SECTORS AFTER 2-4 YEARS ? EVEN IF I DO NOT USE A LAPTOP OR PC FOR A LONGER TIME

[@josemendoza5021]

Where is the link pls ty

[@relaxingnature2617]

LBA ..what's that ?

[@ft7397]

if it says bad but dont find any bad sectors

[@JSFive]

Great software suggestion. Thank you.