Name: Anonymous 2007-07-04 18:55 ID:8PPnDnqw
I am curious if such a program exists... I guess I will explain what it should do, since I don't know what to call it.
Basically, this program would do the same things as scandisk, check for errors, correct them, and show the pretty "B" for bad sectors, like in the older versions. The only difference is, it shows the hard drive with a 3D display, showing each platter, where the damage is, each track, cylinder, everything. In other words, map out the entire drive's structure into a virtual display.
The goals of this are to see "where" the damage would be, and also to see if it has some sort of pattern.
Another feature that would be prefered, would be one that allows you to make a partition, but avoid the "region" of sectors that are damaged, thus having a whole drive partitioned normally, except for the "scratched" part of the platter.
I know these programs exist, and I cannot think of the names for them. I know of ones that map out how big files in comparison to others, like Space Monger, but that is only showing data sizes, and not sectors, nor the physical information.
If anyone has some sort of clue as to what this program could be called or could point me in the right direction, that would be awesome.
Basically, this program would do the same things as scandisk, check for errors, correct them, and show the pretty "B" for bad sectors, like in the older versions. The only difference is, it shows the hard drive with a 3D display, showing each platter, where the damage is, each track, cylinder, everything. In other words, map out the entire drive's structure into a virtual display.
The goals of this are to see "where" the damage would be, and also to see if it has some sort of pattern.
Another feature that would be prefered, would be one that allows you to make a partition, but avoid the "region" of sectors that are damaged, thus having a whole drive partitioned normally, except for the "scratched" part of the platter.
I know these programs exist, and I cannot think of the names for them. I know of ones that map out how big files in comparison to others, like Space Monger, but that is only showing data sizes, and not sectors, nor the physical information.
If anyone has some sort of clue as to what this program could be called or could point me in the right direction, that would be awesome.