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Can i remove non-existent bad sectors from the file table FAT ?

April 26, 2017bad fat file non-existent remove sectors Table

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Can i remove non-existent bad sectors from the file table FAT ?

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A3: Yes, with file-system version program HDAT2FS or HDAT2 you can test FAT12/16/32. • select your drive and press Enter to run Menu • select ‘File Level Tests Menu’ and press Enter • select ‘Read File System from MBR’ and press Enter • for item ‘All’ press ‘C’ to check detected items • goto to ‘Table’ item and 2-times press Enter to run Utility menu • press ‘T’ to setup test for file table FAT • if you want to update file table press ‘W’ for update • press Enter to run This procedure will first compare both FAT copies and second tests all FAT entries for bad sectors. If program will find ‘bad sector’ entry, then all sectors in this cluster will be tested. If all these sectors are not bad program will remove this record of bad sectors.