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Introduction
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Welcome to HDD Regenerator - a unique software program for regeneration
of hard disk drives. The program eliminates physical bad sectors* on a hard
disk drive surface. It does not hide bad sectors, it really restores them!
Main benefits of HDD Regenerator
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Hard disk drive is an integral part of every computer. It stores all your
information. One of the most prevalent defects of hard drives is bad sectors on
the disk surface. Bad sectors are a part of the disk surface which contains not
readable, but frequently necessary information. As a result of bad sectors you
may have difficulties to read and copy data from your disk, your operating
system becomes unstable and finally your computer may unable to boot altogether.
When a hard drive is damaged with bad sectors, the disk not only becomes unfit
for use, but also you risk losing information stored on it. The HDD Regenerator
can repair damaged hard disks without affecting or changing existing data. As a
result, previously unreadable and inaccessible information is restored.
How it works
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HDD Regenerator regenerates bad sectors by magnetic reversal. This technology is
hardware independent and supports any type of drives. Because of the way the repair
is made, the existing information on the disk drive will not be affected!
Minimum system requirements
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The product can be installed on Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 and it is
intended for:
1. Starting the regenerating process directly under Windows**
2. Creating a bootable regenerating flash
3. Monitoring drive state and predicting drive failures
If you cannot boot your computer to Windows (no operating system is installed
on your computer or the operating system is damaged), install HDD Regenerator
on any computer with Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 operating system and create
a bootable regenerating flash, then boot your computer from this flash created
to start the regenerating process.
Supported file systems
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The product works exclusively at physical level. It ignores file system
and can be used with FAT, NTFS or any other file system, and also with
unformatted or unpartitioned disks. During regeneration, the disk structure
will not be changed and the existing data will not be affected.
As the product does not change the logical structure of a drive, the file
system may contain marked earlier bad sector labels, even if the drive is
already regenerated and not damaged by bad sectors. If you want to remove
these marks, repartition the drive.
Installing and uninstalling
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In order to install HDD Regenerator, execute the installation file. The
Installation Wizard will take you through the installation steps. When
the installation has completed, press Finish button to close the Wizard.
If you need to remove HDD Regenerator from your computer, use the
Apps & features applet (Add/Remove Programs) from Windows
Settings.
How to start HDD Regenerator
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In order to start the product, double-click the HDD Regenerator icon on your
desktop or select the HDD Regenerator icon from the Start menu. If you use
the unregistered version, you can regenerate only one recoverable bad sector.
The main purpose of the unregistered demo version is displaying a report
that contains information about a possibility to regenerate your disk by
means of the registered full version. The registered version carefully scans
the disk surface and regenerates all found recoverable bad sectors.
To begin a regenerating process start the HDD Regenerator Shell.
You can start the process directly from Windows** (the "Regeneration |
Start Process under Windows" menu) or create a bootable regenerating flash
(the "Regeneration | Create Bootable Flash" menu). After the flash is
created, boot your computer from this flash and the program will start
automatically.
*HDD Regenerator can repair physical bad sectors caused by magnetic errors
on a drive surface. If the drive has a physical breakage (damaged
heads, circuit board, etc.), then it will not be repaired by the product.
**Unfortunately, the repair mode directly under Windows will not be effective,
if you have only one drive on your system. The reason is that the repair mode
requires exclusive access to a drive. For obvious reasons, the exclusive access
cannot be obtained to a drive on which Windows OS is installed. This is related
to repair mode only. Scan mode does not require the exclusive access to a drive.
To obtain the exclusive access to any drive on any system, please use
the Bootable Regenerating Flash option. |
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