How to detect bad sectors ?

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Need assistance in developing code in C++ for cloning PhysicalDrive0 to PhysicalDrive1 with bad blocks.

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Have tried detecting bad sector but it fails . Need a clear picture on bad sectors , how to detect them

Posted 1-Apr-19 19:39pm

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Updated 2-Apr-19 1:07am

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Richard MacCutchan 2-Apr-19 3:27am

What have you tried, and what does not work?

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2019-04-02T01:07:00

Solution 1

The drive has to support SMART. You can use WMI to detect if the drive supports SMART, and use WMI to pull the data your need. Keep in mind that not all drives support SMART, and even if they do, they may or may not implement all of the standard SMART features.

Google is your friend.

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#realJSOP 10-Apr-19 14:12pm

What does "1" mean?