foobarfuzzbizz
Reputation: 58627
How can I write a hard drive sector as reserved?
I am hex editing a hard disk and I would like to mark some hard drive sectors as reserved so that they are not overwritten by Windows (Vista or 7). I think this is possible, since during a defrag, the disk says that there are some sectors that aren't movable.
How can I do this?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 490
Answers (1)
Tassos Bassoukos
Reputation: 16142
Have you considered marking them as bad blocks within NTFS? This will make Windows bypass them completely.
Upvotes: 1
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