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I already have Windows XP, During installing Ubuntu(dual boot) the disk drive just stuck up at one place and doesn’t seem to move ahead..Is there a disk bad sector mark utility that just marks these sectors so that the disk doesn’t seek them later.I tried running Seagate Seatools on the drive but both the short test and long test fail even before they start even chkdsk /f/r doesn’t seem to work as the system locks up at stage four.
Answer: SpinRite from GRC is well known as a disk recovery tool.
It will scan all sectors, try to recover the data if possible and mark defective sectors so they’re not reused. Worked fine for me in a few occasions.
It’s not free though: $89.00