Failed to read data when cloning disk

This is due to a problem with the disk hardware, most of which are bad sectors on the disk.

Possible reasons for disk read failure

• Bad sectors, which are disk storage media that cannot be read. Regardless of whether it is ssd or hdd, each data storage area has a limit on the number of reads and writes, which leads to bad sectors when the disk is used for a long time. The speed of disk damage is related to the amount of data being read and written on the disk. The more the disk is used, the faster it will be damaged. In this case, use cloning software to clone the undamaged sector data to a new disk.
• There is a problem with the control system of the disk, which may be a software problem or a hardware problem. There is no way to deal with this situation with cloning software.

How to determine if a disk has bad sectors

Our Witted Disk Scanner is a tool to detect bad sectors. This completely free tool.

Use cloning software to clone a disk with bad sectors

Witted DiskClone free 4.1 is a completely free disk cloning tool that supports cloning of disks with bad sectors. There is an option of “skip bad sector” in the lower left corner of the interface. If you select it when the source disk has bad sectors in the cloning process, the bad sectors will be skipped to copy the data that can be read.

How to use the cloned disk normally

Because the source disk has bad sectors, the cloned disk data is incomplete, and each partition generated needs to be repaired. The data that cannot be read will not be restored. Only the file system can be repaired so that the partition can be accessed normally. Enter in the windows command line window: chkdsk x: /f. X is the drive letter of the partition to be repaired, which should be specified according to the drive letter of your computer.

How to prevent bad sectors from disk

The machine, like the human body, can be damaged at any time. The good thing about the machine is that it can be backed up before it is damaged. After it is damaged, it can be restored with the backup data to minimize the loss. Witted DiskClone also has the function of disk backup, which is a free disk backup tool. To protect your data, please make regular backups as soon as possible.