Bad Cluster

Hi, I recently got told by my OS (Windows 98) that I have a few bad/damaged
clusters on my hard drive. I've run Scandisk throughly and told Scandisk to
fix any errors however they're still there, I've also ran Disk Defragmenter.
My PC now runs much slower than usual and startup takes a long time. If my PC
crashes it runs Scandisk which says that this problem may indicate that there
will be a hardware failure soon. Is this repairable or do I have to start
looking for a new PC?
Can I move the bad clusters and somehow get my PC to never use that part of
the disk and basically ignore it?

Thanks.


PS - Will this help?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=127055

"bartman" wrote in message
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Hi, I recently got told by my OS (Windows 98) that I have a few
bad/damaged
clusters on my hard drive. I've run Scandisk throughly and told Scandisk
to
fix any errors however they're still there, I've also ran Disk
Defragmenter.
My PC now runs much slower than usual and startup takes a long time. If my
PC
crashes it runs Scandisk which says that this problem may indicate that
there
will be a hardware failure soon. Is this repairable or do I have to start
looking for a new PC?
Can I move the bad clusters and somehow get my PC to never use that part
of
the disk and basically ignore it?



I'd just get a new harddrive and transfer your OS to it...
if that's your only problem, you hardly have to get a whole new computer

bartman wrote:

Hi, I recently got told by my OS (Windows 98) that I have a few bad/damaged
clusters on my hard drive. I've run Scandisk throughly and told Scandisk to
fix any errors however they're still there, I've also ran Disk Defragmenter.
My PC now runs much slower than usual and startup takes a long time. If my PC
crashes it runs Scandisk which says that this problem may indicate that there
will be a hardware failure soon. Is this repairable or do I have to start
looking for a new PC?
Can I move the bad clusters and somehow get my PC to never use that part of
the disk and basically ignore it?

Thanks.

Go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their free
diagnostic utility. Run that to check out the drive. If it reports
that there are problems with the drive then you should replace it as
soon as possible.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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