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SMART test after HDD regenerator repairs. 826 bad sectors were found and recovered.

NO.. i just wanted to see how HDD regenerator handles bad sectors of the drive alone. I will do the full format now .. is writing zeros different than windows full format?

rather i would use the opportunity to learn.. i used HDD regenerator prior to formatting the drive and many damaged blocks have disappeared.. i need to know how to put the remaining bad ones in a separate partition and never access them.

I tested it with WD lifeguard and the quick test stopped in few seconds and "failed". I will try formatting it then. should i write zeros to whole drive or just use windows and then use HDD regenerator on it? I'm not sure if i write zeros everywhere then all the partitions will be gone and bad...

ah sry my bad i thought i put it there..i updated the post. so how many spare area you think i am left with? it looks like 122X15 = 1830MB is in damaged blocks. If simple read/write would work then i shud just start coping data to my drive? and then retest it? also i shud monitor...

I accidently dropped my WD 320GB elements then it wasnt running smoothly so i backup everything and slowly it died atlast. so i gave it for repair to a local guy who made it work somehow. When i plugged it in PC, windows installed drivers for it and then it quickly showed up with all my data on...