seekermeister
Honorable Member
I've got an out of warranty drive that has a bunch of bad sectors, which I'm going to replace with a new drive. The fact that the drive still works (after doing chkdsk) raises a question in my mind about a program called Hard Drive Regenerator.
I understand that there is more than one reason that a drive can develop bad sectors, some of which obviously can't be fixed with some kind of software, but according to the FAQ page on this program's website, some bad sectors are caused by hysteresis, which if I understand is an anomaly where the material on the platters become magnetized in a fashion outside of the control of the drive, and the program uses what they call a hysteresis loop to remove the bad magnetization, leaving the good.
I've Googled some returns where some "pundits" discussed this topic, which were not encouraging, but I got the impression that what was said was nothing more than gut reactions based on first impressions of what they read, rather than first hand experience with the program, or true expertise with the subject. The program is too expensive to buy without some expectation of a real success, but I would if I felt that it was based on a technologically sound principle.
I got the impression that this function is available in MHDD, which is a free program that is available, which gives me the idea that there must be something to it, since it is free, but past experience with MHDD wasn't too good, not because a fault with the program itself, but with my lack of understanding, and it's lack of comprehensive instructions.
Does anyone here have an insight into this question that would help me decide whether this is worth bothering with? I hate the idea of retiring a drive that could possibly have life left in it.
I understand that there is more than one reason that a drive can develop bad sectors, some of which obviously can't be fixed with some kind of software, but according to the FAQ page on this program's website, some bad sectors are caused by hysteresis, which if I understand is an anomaly where the material on the platters become magnetized in a fashion outside of the control of the drive, and the program uses what they call a hysteresis loop to remove the bad magnetization, leaving the good.
I've Googled some returns where some "pundits" discussed this topic, which were not encouraging, but I got the impression that what was said was nothing more than gut reactions based on first impressions of what they read, rather than first hand experience with the program, or true expertise with the subject. The program is too expensive to buy without some expectation of a real success, but I would if I felt that it was based on a technologically sound principle.
I got the impression that this function is available in MHDD, which is a free program that is available, which gives me the idea that there must be something to it, since it is free, but past experience with MHDD wasn't too good, not because a fault with the program itself, but with my lack of understanding, and it's lack of comprehensive instructions.
Does anyone here have an insight into this question that would help me decide whether this is worth bothering with? I hate the idea of retiring a drive that could possibly have life left in it.
