Note that the error messages display the range in which the bad sectors are located. But the error messages do not tell you the exact position of the bad sectors. By excluding an entire range, you may exclude some good sectors as well.

Saving the list of bad sector numbers

You can conveniently save the list of bad sectors in the Sector Exclusion dialog so that they do not need to be typed in again if File Scavenger® is restarted. To do that, save the File Scavenger® session to a file and reload it later. The excluded sectors will be restored. See “Saving and Restoring a File Scavenger® Session” earlier in this chapter.

Using our Disk Recoup™

This powerful utility can extract data from a partially faulty disk to a disk image file. (See “Disk Image File” earlier in this chapter.) Note the following:

1. The amount of data extracted may not be 100% but is almost always better than scanning the disk directly using File Scavenger®.
2. If a disk is completely faulty and is not recognized by the BIOS or displayed in Windows Disk Manager, then this utility will not work. The disk needs physical repair.