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    Windows 7 How to find out which files are linked to bad sectors? Repair with chkdsk?

    A surface test of my hard disk with some partition tools showed one or more bad sectors. How can I find out exactly which of my files allocated space these bad sectors in the past? ....and which are now corrupted? I have heard that a "chkdsk" run could repair/exclude these bad sectors...
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    • bad sectors chkdsk data corruption file recovery hard disk partition tools repair storage issues surface test windows
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Check for ONE File (!) if NTFS structure + hard disk sectors ok?

    Obviously the user can check the consistency of a FULL, whole NTFS hard disk by performing a "chkdsk" command and run in addition one of the well known tools (like MiniTool Partition Wizard) a surface test to check whether all sectors of a hard disk are ok. But what if I don't want to check the...
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    • check disk chkdsk data recovery defective file disk errors disk management file check file integrity file system file system check hard disk minitool ntfs os utilities partition tools sectors storage surface test windows 10 windows tools
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support