A bad sector on a hard drive is a small, non-functional area of storage that won't respond to read or write requests, caused by physical damage or software errors, leading to issues due to long-term use, malware, virus attacks, scratches, or physical damage.
If your hard disk is severely damaged, it's best to send it to a repair center right away. However, if the damage is less severe, data recovery software and bad sector repair software can sometimes quickly remove bad sectors without losing data. A tool like Flobo Hard Disk Repair software can be used in such cases to recover data from a damaged drive.
Before repairing hard drive bad sectors, it's essential to find and restore existing data. To do this, we recommend using Qiling Free Data Recovery Wizard, which can quickly scan and list your lost data on the damaged hard drive and enable you to recover data in one-click.
To recover existing data, download Deep Data Recovery for free and follow these steps.
Step 1. Choose file types and click "Next" to start
Run Deep Data Recovery on your computer, selecting the desired file types. Click "Next" to initiate the recovery process.
Step 2. Scan the hard drive partition
Select the drive on your hard disk where you lost or deleted files, then click "Scan" to let Qiling data recovery software scan for all lost data and files on the selected drive.
Step 3. Check the results
When the scan completes, you can apply the "Filter" feature or click the "Search files or folders" option to find the lost files on the hard drive.
Step 4. Restore lost hard drive data
Select the files you want to recover and click "Recover" to save them to a different location.
If Deep Data Recovery doesn't find much of your data, apply Flobo Hard Disk Repair to repair existing bad sectors on your hard drive and then retry Qiling data recovery software to find as many lost files as you can.
Here we arrived at the specialized Flobo Hard Disk Repair, which is designed to fix hard disks damaged due to bad sectors. It can repair damaged hard disks without affecting existing data, and also check S.M.A.R.T. information, predict possible failure, and advise users to backup data and replace the hard disk.
To repair hard drive bad sectors, you can follow the steps introduced in this tutorial video using Flobo Hard Disk Repair. You can download the software from its official website and follow the video's instructions to repair your hard drive from bad sectors.