[SOLVED] Do hard drives automatically isolate bad sectors, if so where can i find the Logs with this info ?

[FigarOooo]

I was thinking of partitioning the bad sectors of my hard drive, during my research I have now understood that the hard drives software automatically does the job, if this is true, can someone indicate me to where I can find the log with this info plz?

Thanks

Taylor

 

[ex_bubblehead]

It's kept internally. You don't get to see it. If you are actually seeing bad sectors then the drive's table of spares has been depleted and the drive is toast. At this point replacement is the only remedy.

 

[fzabkar]

You would need to view the drive's Grown Defect List (G-list). That's usually not accessible via standard ATA commands but most drives provide such info via a debug terminal or via Vendor Specific ATA commands (VSCs).

WDMarvel (WD) and SHTR (Samsung) have demo versions which are able to display this info. Seagate's G-list can be viewed via its serial terminal, at least in older models.