Apps tagged with 'bad-sector'

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  1. DRevitalize icon
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    DRevitalize is a program that repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on popular magnetic media (hard drives and also floppy drives to some extent) by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
    DRevitalize screenshot 1
    7 alternatives
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    This is the new version (1.46.4) of the second extended file system management programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    1 alternatives
  3. Windows Surface Scanner is a free, fast utility that scans your hard drive(s) for physical errors. It will examine each sector on your hard drive for read errors and reports them if found. It is purely diagnostic and will not fix or “mark” bad sectors or recover data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Surface Scanner screenshot 1
    8 alternatives
  4. The ProgressiveCopier (pcopier) is a utility to aid in imaging drives that have errors on them. A common problem with damaged drives is that copying them may take an extraordinarily long time from start to finish, sector by sector.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows