HDD Last Sector Unreadable: Readable Under Linux
Feb 8, 2009
I use a 160 Gb Seagate Momentus 7200.2 SATA HDD (ST9160823AS) in my Asus F3Sa notebook and I have the following problem : For security reasons, the encryption software I want to use check if the last sector of my HDD is readable before installing. As it says there is a problem, I wanted to check by myself using the following command : dd if=[harddrive] of=[output file] bs=512 count=1 skip=[total guaranteed sectors - 1]
Under Vista (see dd for Windows on Wikipedia), it returns an empty file, meaning that the last sector is unreadable. Under Linux, the very same command returns data without any problem. The last sector is perfectly readable. Thinking to a driver problem, I wrote to Intel (ICH8M chip) and they replied "We understand your concern but the problem you described is directly related to the motherboard or hard drive manufacturer, not chipset software". Very strange as the problem does not exist under Linux with the same hardware.
I wrote to Asus and they told to me to ask Seagate... I asked Seagate and they explained to me the problem seems to be software/driver/OS related. So... Now I'm stuck and I can't install my encryption software. What can I do. Could it be a problem of Windows Vista ? I use the latest computer bios, updated Vista and latest Intel chipset driver. The HDD health has been checked with a dozen of Linux or Windows tools. It's in perfect condition.
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Jul 26, 2009
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Problem Event Name:StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01:System Disk
Problem Signature 02:6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03:1
Problem Signature 04:65537
Problem Signature 05:unknown
Problem Signature 06:CorruptBootSector
Problem Signature 07:0
Problem Signature 08:1
Problem Signature 09:FixBootSector
Problem Signature 10:1168
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:1033
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I did exactly the following steps to get this error:
Pre-requisites:
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2) Choose Install Now option
3) Select C Drive
4) Format C Drive
5) Complete installation on C Drive
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