The operation of recovering damaged disk sectors (bad) can be performed using standard tools of the Microsoft Windows operating system without the involvement of additional third-party software.
Instructions
Step 1
Click the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "Computer" item to initiate the operation of finding and fixing bad sectors of the hard disk using the built-in Microsoft Windows error search utility.
Step 2
Call the context menu of the disk to be scanned by right-clicking and go to the "Properties" item.
Step 3
Go to the "Service" tab in the dialog box that opens and click the "Check" button in the "Check disk" section.
Step 4
Confirm the execution of the command by entering the computer administrator password in the request window that opens and specify the "Automatically fix system errors" option to apply the selected changes.
Step 5
Select the Check and Repair Bad Sectors option to scan and repair physical errors on the selected disk.
Step 6
Click the "Run" button to confirm the execution of the command.
Step 7
Use Windows Recovery Console for an alternative way to recover bad sectors (bad) of your hard drive.
Step 8
Specify "Recovery Console" in the boot options menu when rebooting the system and select the desired installation (if multiple downloads are possible).
Step 9
Enter the computer administrator password in the appropriate field when prompted.
Step 10
Enter the following value in the command line field of the Recovery Console:
chkdsk disk_name / p / r, where / p - full check of the selected disk and correction of found physical errors, / r - search for bad sectors of the selected disk and restore readable data. Then press the Enter key to confirm the execution of the command.
Step 11
Restart your computer to apply the selected changes.
