Corrupt sectors of hard drive

[COLOR="Indigo"]I wasn't sure if a reformat was the right thing to do here. Also, I'm not sure if a reformat will fix things--the knocking sound the drive makes is none too reassuring--and I won't be buying a new external drive for another month or so. I don't want the one I have to be completely useless to me if it can't be reformatted.

~Lyssa[/COLOR]

If the drive is messed up physically, there is nothing you can do about it. There are no programs out there that can fix a drive if it's on the verge of breaking anyway. The only programs out there are those that can fix corrupted disks, which is usually messed up data that you want to revive.

Nothing can be done for a drive that's going to break. Sorry Lyssa, you'll just have to get a new drive.