Re: How to deal with defect block

Adam,
can you, please, help me finding the correct entry for "Partition start 
offset byte"?
The secinspect output is attached.
Partition 1 is boot partition
Partition 2 is system partition
Partition 3 is data partition
Thank you very much.
Regards
Bernd

> -------- Original Nachricht/Message ---------
> Betreff/Subject: *Re: [smartmontools-support] How to deal with defect 
> block*
> Datum/Date: *Montag, 21. Juli 2014 15:16:52*
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Please find attached an OpenDocument spreadsheet to help with this. If 
> you find a better way of finding the file - instead of manually like 
> this - please let me know!
>
> You will need to find out the partition offset. One method is using 
> Microsoft's free secinspect.exe
> Find the correct physical drive from the output, and then look for the 
> StartingLBA number listed under the table for the Partition Table 
> Entry. This is the "partition start offset byte" for the spreadsheet. 
> The data here is a bit confusing but if you read through it carefully 
> you should get an idea of which partitions are system ones and which 
> has your data on it.
>
> Your disk may have a sector size of 512 or 4096 bytes, this should 
> also be listed in secinspect's output as "BytesPerSector". For "file 
> system block size" this is usually 4096 bytes by default for NTFS, but 
> must be verified. chkdsk
>
> On the spreadsheet, "Bad LBA start" and "Number of bad LBAs" are where 
> you enter data about the faulty sector and how many there are 
> (sometimes disks have a block of them), you'll be then given the first 
> and last file system block. Look for this using Sysinternals' free 
> DiskView program. This requires some time and patience as you have to 
> zoom in and out and use trial and error to find the correct file.
>
> This entire method is laborious and has to be followed carefully, but 
> in my experience it has proven accurate. It has also, in every time 
> I've used it, found that some useless file is affected :-D

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