Īnd then run the CHKDSK /R command on the drive If you don't have a windows installer, then another option is to pull out the drive and connect it to another computer using a SATA dock (assuming your computer uses SATA drives)
#Run sony vaio recovery disk install
To fix the drive, you need to insert a Windows install disk, get to a command prompt, and run CHKDSK /R C: (replace C: with the drive letter of the primary disk) If it's an old drive, maybe it's time for a new drive just to be sure, but as long as the drive hasn't suffered from any physically damaging event, then it should be fine. If computer hasn't been dropped or suffered from a "shock" then it might be fine and it just needs CHKDSK to be run on it to ignore the bad sectors. It may or may not allude to a larger problem. Bad sectors are caused by some sort of physical damage to the drive. Essentially, Windows performs a slow scan of the hard disk and marks the bad sectors and prevents Windows from using them thus effectively making the drive usable. Windows can "repair" bad sectors by using the "CHKDSK /R" command. A little more research leads me to believe that these repair/image disc must be formatted a certain way? I'm not sure how that works either.ĭo you have any ideas that might help me?Įric Hayes Posts: 527 Joined: Sun 7:57 pm I also made a "repair disc" when I bought the computer, but I'm concerned that I may not have used the right media because I've plugged them both in and the computer doesn't seem to do anything with either of them. My other concern is that I downloaded a WindowsImage file to another external hard drive when I first bought the computer. I've researched several possible choices, but I'm not sure if they are futile if the computer is physically broken. In either case, I was able to use that rescue program to export all the files on "partition 1" (not sure what those files are) and "partition 2" (which were my personal files) to an external drive.
#Run sony vaio recovery disk software
I'm trying to understand if that problem is like software missing a component or if that's a physically broken "part" within the HDD itself? I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds like "bad sections" essentially. I did a little research on that, and I understand that may mean there are possibly "bad sectors" on the hard drive. Another says it's strictly a HDD check, which it passed all except a "surface scan" test. One checks CPU's (?), and it passed all of those. I believe it is the hard drive it's checking.