Need early warning about sector-by-sector
How and when does ATI decide to make a sector image?
Reason I ask is that one of the causes might be something bad on disk.
I would prefer to know before I start image or recovery that there are problems which will cause sector backup.
Chkdsk /r is one option, but on Windows 10 it takes forever due to thousands of reparse records.
So is there a way for ATI to tell me what it plans doing?


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I also use the Pro version of HardDisk Sentinel. Very useful!
Ian
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Thank you both.
I only use the bootable USB-flash with ATI 2016, and it never says it'll do sector work. Just starts the image or recovery and it is only after that I see it in the log.
Also, ATI v11 images done from within Windows 7 GUI are sometimes sector jobs. (yes, yes, I know it's old, but I understand its GUI, and never fails)
Can you please take a look at my post 9 and in it the last screenshot of Windows 10 chkdsk /r run suggested by Mark in post 6
https://forum.acronis.com/forum/127395
Will that HD sentinel application do anything about 10 to 30 thousand reparse records that I routinely see and the MFT issue I've seen twice since January.
Deleting of reparse records takes forever. Windows puts them in and then I have wait for them to be deleted. Why put it in if they must be deleted? Can't see any good reason for that pest.
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Unfortunately, no, Hard disk sentinel isn't really a repair disk type of tool. However, it monitors the disk health and is very accurate at detecting problems and notifying you. For instance, I had been using a 1TB Seagate for a few years and thought I noticed more "clicky" noises, which is what led me to Hard Drive Sentinel in the first place. Although other S.M.A.R.T. reporting tools said the health was good, this one told me the disk life was at 29% and showed many more issues with the disk. It will also let you do things like short-self test, log-self test, random seek test, random read test, random write test, etc.
If you've repaired your disk a few times and errors keep coming back, I'm inlcined to say it's on its way out. Hard Disk Sentinel may help confirm that (or confirm it's still OK). WD Data lifeguard and Seatools are both free and they will do a better job than chkdsk at finding the bad sectors and marking them or repairing them. If issues still persist after that though, consider replacing yoru disk as soon as you can.
I see that your screenshot in the other post shows corruption repaired in the Master File Table. This can be a sign of a failing disk - especially if the errors return. The only way you can really try to resolve this would be to copy your data elsewhwhere, low-level format your disk and return the data and hope for the best.
Another tool, although not free, that is good at repairing standard spinnings disks is SPINrite. It is an offline disk tester/repair tool and has helped us save a few disks (I'd still recommend backing up first though).
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