Hard Drive with errors

[andlamv]

I was trying to install vista and the install kept failing. after many diffrent installs i come to find out that my hard drive had errors on it. I used seagate tools to check it out for errors and there was about over a 100 of them. so i went all over the net to fix these errors and i read somewhere that i can write the drive to zero's and it might fix it. I did that and still errors. is there anyway that i can fix this hard drive? or is there a way that i can maybe put the errors in a partition so i can at least install windows? or is the hard drive trash?

it is a seagate 200GB hard drive. I have the requirements to install vista.

[GroundZero3]

Do you have a machine you can put it into and do a check desk, windows should mark the places that are bad when you format and partition the drive.

[andlamv]

I have a laptop with a external box, i let windows format the drive and it formats it but does not really tell me anything. then i downloaded seagate tools and formated it to zero's. then did a check again and still erros.

**edit**I mean by external box is that I bought a external case for the hard drive, i did this to remove files i have backed up which i got those files just fine.

[Bizkitkid2001]

If the drive is under warranty just get it replaced. Marking the places that are bad only slows down the inevitable death of the drive.

[andlamv]

it not under warrantywhich sucks...if replacing it is my only option then i lost trust in seagate

[andlamv]

is there a way to make windows not use those sectors or clusters or whatever that are bad?

[Bizkitkid2001]

Originally Posted by andlamv

is there a way to make windows not use those sectors or clusters or whatever that are bad?

Yes there is as GZ3 already said. However, like I said, that will only slow down the hard drive's death.


I wouldn't even think twice about replacing the drive. Drives are so cheap now these days that its not even worth losing data over a bad hard drive that can easily be replaced.

[andlamv]

is there a way to do a check disc without windows installed and without taking it out? i have the vista disc and i opened up "cmd" but it won't do a full check(fix/mark errors) without locking the drive.