and then, in single-user "maintenance" mode run the (already a while ago : chkdsk checkdisk fdisk
A quick googleleads to
http://trinityhome.org/trk/
"The Trinity Rescue Kit 1.1 is a Linux distribution based on Mandrake 9.1 ... to rescue/repair/prepare dead or damaged systems, be it Linux or Windows. ..."
Will it "restore" your bad block, or mark it "skippable" ? Not sure, but it may be worth trying.
You already backed up your content, so I guess you're off now buying a new (faster, bigger, upgrade excuse) harddisk, but still: having tools standby CAN be a comforting feeling. And having tried them, once, on the disk you will replace anyhow (problem = upgrade excuse) will tell you what the (free) tool is worth.
And then: welcome to Linux, be it for now as a "windows repair tool"
Maybe it won't work, if your drive has a recent NTFS format, or did it come with an upgraded FAT install?
(I read that POSIX compatibility demanded by US govt has forced M$ to add "hard links" to NTFS. So if they incorporate user tools fo it, we can now make "multiple entries to same files" and use M$ access policies ... a new way of sharing (sub) directories between users who cannot access each other's "my docs" data ...
But that can, of course, be one of the "recent changes" and maybe it isn't yet supported from the linux end on "ntfs volumes" |
