To all hardware experts

[Jinx]

i had corrupt HDDs 2 times. and both times i had to completely replace the discs and try to safe as much data as possible. i guess there are several causes that damage the harddisc, a damaged harddisc can sort of spread over the whole disc. allthough its repaired there is a chance that the damage goes to more sectors.

i d suggest not to use the harddisc anymore and replace it with a new one asap - that way you have a good chance to safe as many of your files as possible.

once you have a new HDD and windows installed, just switch the jumper of your old one to "slave" and transfer what you need from it. sometimes - if you make a partition, you can isolate the damaged sectors, too - ( fdisc ) but i wouldn t be too sure of that. if you do have sensible data on your disc ( exams, college stuff etc ) make sure to get them on a disc, cd, dvd or the new disc soon.

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