ScanDisk

ScanDisk disk analysis and repair tool from Microsoft can check the hard drive for errors and troubleshoot any problems found and repair them easily. The original hard drive bad sector scanning and repair tool is recommended for everyone to use.

How to use

You can use ultraiso to create a USB flash drive as a boot disk. After booting, you can detect bad sectors on the hard disk.

Problems that can be fixed by ScanDisk

1. ScanDisk checks and repairs faults in the following areas:

★File Allocation Table (FAT)

★ File system structure (missing clusters, cross-linked files)

★ Directory tree structure

★ The physical disk surface of the drive (bad cluster)

★DoubleSpace header (MDBPB)

★ DoubleSpace volume file structure (MDFAT)

★DoubleSpace compression structure

★DoubleSpace volume label

★ MS-DOS boot area

2. Drive type

ScanDisk can find and repair the following types of drive failures:

★ Hard drive

★DoubleSpace drive

★ Floppy drive

★ RAM drive

★ Memory card

3. ScanDisk cannot find or repair the following types of drive failures:

★ CD-ROM drive

★ Network drive

★ Drivers created with ASSIGN, SUBST or JOIN commands

★ Drive created with INTERLNK