Bad "F sector" on my hard drive ???

[EZEkiel]

hiya !!

i just bought a new computer and i was thinking of taking my old hard drive outta my old computer and putting it in the new one (saving on XP installation)

but when i do i get the Blue screen of death <insert scary music here>
the screen mentions that i have a bad F sector in my hard drive and i should run a chkdsk.

now i have but when i go to scan my "F sector" it says it is fine.

(the hard drive works fine on other computers)

what should i do to rectify the situation.......


thx for your time !


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[thoriphes]

I hope you realize that Windows will go insane if it finds a flurry of new hardware. sometimes it won't even boot. your best bet would be to completely reinstall windows, or at least install over your existing one, saving some of your files. you can't just move your harddrive from one computer to another and expect XP to work.

if it still gives you a bad f sector message, then do a full format on the HDD.

[The_Vulcan]

then do a full format on the HDD

Or better still, format it 6 or more times.... FBI can't recreate the drive that way. :D

[EZEkiel]

thx i just gave in at the end !! lol :D

i ended up just re-installing XP and burning amost of my stuff off my HDD and formatting it !!

works like a dream !! thx guys !!


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