Hans
08-18-2007, 10:43 PM
After a power outage while my printer/file server was running, I initially was unable to start the OS (win XP Pro), because I got a BSOD stating it could not mount the volume.
I fixed that by using the recovery console and writing a new MBR to the hdd. Don't ask me how the MBR could be damaged from a power outage, because it makes no sense...
Next, I ran a scandisk and it told me I had 1 bad sector. so I fixed that by running spinrite on the hdd. Great program btw, and there's nothing wrong with the hdd.
Next, stupid NTFS still insists there's a bad sector on the hdd. This because it keeps track of all bad sectors in a special file called $BadClus and remaps them automatically and totally transparent to a user.
So, does anybody know how to reset the bad sector count in $BadClus? I know the hdd does not have any real bad sectors on it.
I tried everything I can think off, nothing seems to be able to fix this issue...
I fixed that by using the recovery console and writing a new MBR to the hdd. Don't ask me how the MBR could be damaged from a power outage, because it makes no sense...
Next, I ran a scandisk and it told me I had 1 bad sector. so I fixed that by running spinrite on the hdd. Great program btw, and there's nothing wrong with the hdd.
Next, stupid NTFS still insists there's a bad sector on the hdd. This because it keeps track of all bad sectors in a special file called $BadClus and remaps them automatically and totally transparent to a user.
So, does anybody know how to reset the bad sector count in $BadClus? I know the hdd does not have any real bad sectors on it.
I tried everything I can think off, nothing seems to be able to fix this issue...