need software to manually mark a bad block on NTFS

[ValenTine_me]

I have a disk with a single broken sector. SMART shows 0 reallocated sectors and 0 pending sectors.
Unfortunately, this that sector can not be fixed in usual way by forcing
HDD controller to remap it, as the HDD complitetely hungs on attempt to write to the sector.
There is no need to restore data: I have a backup. Replacing the HDD is not an option.
So chkdsk as well as other tools which are scan and restore data will not help me.
What I need is a way to mark as bad for Windows known sector (or claster, which I could count)

Let me stress this: Replacing the HDD is not an option. I am looking for software, which may mark bad sector as BB for Windows.

Thank you in advance

 

[junkeymonkey]

so your saying you got a failing or faulting hard drive but replaceing is not an option ??

A bad sector is a sector on a computer's disk drive or flash memory that cannot be used due to permanent damage (or an OS inability to successfully access it), such as physical damage to the disk surface (or sometimes sectors being stuck in a magnetic or digital state that cannot be reversed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_sector

 

[ValenTine_me]

so your saying you got a failing or faulting hard drive but replaceing is not an option ??

Yes, you got it right.

Also you may suggest from my question, that I know what is bad block.
So the question - "how I can mark the BB", not "what can I do at all"

 

[rgd1101]

chkdsk would mark bad sector.

 

[junkeymonkey]

Unfortunately, this that sector can not be fixed in usual way by forcing
HDD controller to remap it, as the HDD complitetely hungs on attempt to write to the sector.

don't know looking at this in your post that should have been able to do that its self and seeing it cant it may just be the HD its self so if something like disk check could not move and flag it I would think the HD is pretty well done for [opinion]

 

[ValenTine_me]

chkdsk would mark bad sector.

unfortunately, no: checkdisk probably attempt to rewrite the sector and the HDD hungs/

 

[ValenTine_me]

Unfortunately, this that sector can not be fixed in usual way by forcing
HDD controller to remap it, as the HDD complitetely hungs on attempt to write to the sector.

don't know looking at this in your post that should have been able to do that its self and seeing it cant it may just be the HD its self so if something like disk check could not move and flag it I would think the HD is pretty well done for [opinion]

probably I've missed your point. Anyway, I know the sector number, I may calculate the cluster, what I need is a way to tell Windows "this is BB". I know about $BadClus metafile - but for now have no idea how to work with it. I hope there is a software that can help me.

 

[junkeymonkey]

I don't know dude this guy here today was looking at this
http://hdd-regenerator.en.softonic.com/

 

[ValenTine_me]

I don't know dude this guy here today was looking at this
http://hdd-regenerator.en.softonic.com/

this tool rewrites the sector, so will not work for me

 

[junkeymonkey]

well ok it just seems that the drive manufacture should supply a tool for you to use with there drive to do these jobs on them -- did you e-mail them for there input on this ?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

If that bad sector happens to be within the first 1024 or so sectors you cannot mark it out and still use the drive, and your description is exactly what would be expected if that were the case. Whether or not replacement is an option is irrelevant, the drive should be replaced.

 

[ValenTine_me]

If that bad sector happens to be within the first 1024 or so sectors you cannot mark it out and still use the drive, and your description is exactly what would be expected if that were the case. Whether or not replacement is an option is irrelevant, the drive should be replaced.

People so interesting.
1) Drive replacement is not an option. This is exactly specified in the question.
2) Disk hung even during low-level write to it, no matter which OS, thus irrelevant to it's #
3) sector # is 10490368, that is far far more then 1024 first sectors

 

[ex_bubblehead]

You keep insisting on trying to fix that which is not fixable. The drive needs to be replaced, period.

 

[ValenTine_me]

You keep insisting on trying to fix that which is not fixable. The drive needs to be replaced, period.

Do you really want me to write the whole book-size story behind? I am sure you don't.
So please, does not suggest me to replace the disk.

I need software to mark bad sector as BB for Windows. Period.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Do you really want me to write the whole book-size story behind?

If it provides the reason behind your refusal to consider replacement, yes.

I need software to mark bad sector as BB for Windows.

No such software exists. The drive has a bad sector that cannot be marked for whatever reason. You have only 2 options:

1. Partition in such a way that the block is outside any used areas. This may or may not be successful depending on what else may be wrong with the drive.
2. Replace the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Replacing the drive is always an option. Whether you want to do that or not is a different issue.

The drive has a bad sector. Copy off whatever you can and replace.

 

[fzabkar]

The OP appears to have posted the same question to the following thread:

http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?t=28929

The ATA standard provides a Write Uncorrectable command which causes the specified sector to be flagged as "pseudo-uncorrectable". A subsequent CHKDSK should then add this sector to the $BadClus metafile.

However, the OP's problem is that writing to this sector in the normal way causes the drive to hang, so it is unclear whether the aforementioned command would work any differently.