[v20.24] HDD Regenerator – Physically repair bad sectors of hard drives

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The types of bad sectors include logical bad sectors, physical bad sectors, and the more common read/write delays. If there are sectors to be remapped in S.M.A.R.T., you should pay attention to the health of the hard drive. When we find that we cannot enter the system, and the hard disk cannot be recognized when booting or under PE, we should use a hard disk detection tool to make a scan to see whether this problem is caused by bad sectors. Logical bad sectors on a hard disk can generally be repaired using DiskGenius, but if they are physical bad sectors, then for ordinary users, your only hope is HDD Regenerator, before you send it to a professional for repairs.

Generally, logical bad sectors and read/write delays are relatively common and easy to recover hard drive problems. To repair logical bad sectors, you can use DiskGenius (preferably under DOS or PE). For physical bad sectors, you can use HDD Regenerator under DOS/Windows, which can help you truly repair and regenerate physical damage on the disk surface. It is worth mentioning that the repair method used by HDD Regenerator is the erasure method – by repeatedly reading and writing the bad sectors to strengthen the magnetism, thereby bringing your hard drive back to life.

HDD Regenerator seems to be the only tool currently that can actually repair physical bad sectors of hard drive. It doesn’t simply find and block/hide bad sectors, instead, it really restores them! In other words, it allows you to easily repair damaged drives and rescue lost data. As a very well-known and classic program for hard drive recovery, HDD Regenerator uses a special algorithm that allows you to restore the bad sector. It ignores the file system, scanning will occur at the physical level, which means it can work with any file system.

In fact, almost 60% of hard drive physical bad sectors are caused by magnetization errors on the hard drive surface (the rest are irreparable physical damage), and therefore can be repaired. HDD Regenerator can generate high and low signals according to a special sequence of algorithms, thereby reversing the magnetism of the damaged disk surface to regenerate bad sectors. As a result, the unreadable damaged information is repaired, and existing information is not affected. You also should know that even low-level formatting can’t do this job.

Due to its unique repair method, HDD Regenerator does not affect the data stored on the disk drive. It not only supports hard drives of various interface types, as well as any file system, but also supports unpartitioned and even unformatted disks. In addition, because HDD Regenerator does not change the logical structure of the hard disk, the file system may still mark some repaired sectors as bad. If you want to remove these tags, all you have to do is repartition the hard drive.

As for the disk repair time, it depends on the size of your hard disk, the configuration of your computer, and the number and density of bad sectors. Generally, this takes at least a few hours or even days. As for the success rate, about 60% of damaged hard drives can be successfully repaired through it. Remind you again, even if your hard drive has been repaired, the file system may still retain the bad sector information that was marked earlier. If you want to clear these bad sectors, you can use a partitioning tool like PartitionMagic to repartition the hard drive.

// Key Features //

HDD Regenerator 2024
  • Fast drive problems detection.
  • Ability to detect physical bad sectors on a hard disk drive surface.
  • Ability to repair bad sectors (magnetic errors) on a hard disk surface.
  • No data losses in any mode!
  • Corrupted data recovery (making unreadable data readable)
  • UEFI boot support
  • Full SSD support
  • SSD S.M.A.R.T. support
  • Different speed tests
  • Slow SSD problem correction
  • Remote control through LAN
  • User friendly intuitive interface
  • Easy to use, no complex settings. You do not need to change a lot of complicated and unnecessary settings. We have already set up the product for you for best performance and results.
  • The product ignores file system, scans disk at physical level. It can be used with FAT, NTFS or any other file system, and also with unformatted or unpartitioned disks.
  • Prescan mode (very useful for fast determination of bad sectors location, if a hard drive has a large number of bad sectors. Saves your time. Bad hard drives are scanned in this mode even faster than good drives!)
  • Drive statistics
  • Starting process directly under Windows 10 / 11
  • Bootable regenerating flash can be created from the program and used to automatically start regenerating process.
  • Working with any existing file system without losses of any data
  • Working with any operating system without losses of any data (bootable regenerating flash should be used for non-Windows operating systems)
  • Automatic process resume in any mode
  • Multiple hard drives support
  • Real-time hard drive state monitor. HDD Regenerator realtime monitor is more powerful and precise than ever in timely prediction of hard drive problems.
  • Other enhancements (including drive life indicator, temperature indicator, convenient range of sectors selection, bad SMART status indication, overheating indication, etc.)
HDD Regenerator 2011
  • Fast hard drive problems detection.
  • Ability to detect physical bad sectors on a hard disk drive surface.
  • Ability to repair bad sectors (magnetic errors) on a hard disk surface.
  • No data losses in any mode!
  • Corrupted data recovery (making unreadable data readable)
  • User friendly intuitive interface
  • Easy to use, no complex settings. You do not need to change a lot of complicated and unnecessary settings. We have already set up the product for you for best performance and results.
  • The product ignores file system, scans disk at physical level. It can be used with FAT, NTFS or any other file system, and also with unformatted or unpartitioned disks.
  • Prescan mode (very useful for fast determination of bad sectors location, if a hard drive has a large number of bad sectors. Saves your time. Bad hard drives are scanned in this mode even faster than good drives!)
  • Drive statistics
  • Starting process directly under Windows XP / Vista/ 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
  • Bootable regenerating flash can be created from the program and used to automatically start regenerating process.
  • Bootable regenerating CD / DVD allows starting regenerating process under DOS automatically.
  • Working with any existing file system without losses of any data
  • Working with any operating system without losses of any data (bootable regenerating CD / DVD or flash should be used for non-Windows operating systems)
  • 4K sector size support
  • Automatic process resume in any mode (except CD/DVD)
  • Multiple hard drives support
  • Real-time hard drive state monitor
  • Other enhancements

// Official Demo Video //

// System Requirements //

HDD Regenerator 2024
  • Installation OS: Windows 10, 11
  • Supported OS (with bootable media): any
  • Supported drive types: HDD, SSD, NVMe
  • Bootable mode: UEFI 64-bit, UEFI x86, legacy BIOS
  • Bootable media: USB flash drive
  • Windows modes: scan, test, refresh, regenerate, S.M.A.R.T.
  • Bootable media modes (any operatig system): scan, test, refresh, regenerate, S.M.A.R.T.
  • Supported file systems: any
HDD Regenerator 2011
  • Installation OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11
  • Supported OS (with bootable media): any
  • Supported drive types: HDD, SSD (partially)
  • Bootable mode: legacy BIOS
  • Bootable media: CD, DVD, USB flash drive
  • Windows modes: scan, regenerate, S.M.A.R.T.
  • Bootable media modes (any operatig system): scan, regenerate
  • Supported file systems: any

// Universal Serial Numbers //

HDD Regenerator 2011
Full Name Serial Number
AppNee Freeware Group.
  • 019E9T-BXWPQ5-P3AM16-8JDFUV-QJ5R2Y-J9B4JV-6PKCKU-48T0T8-9XHB30-DND7CD
  • 019E9T-BXWPQ5-P3ANJ6-3H2P7Q-TQ7538-UQH1W3-GWKJWQ-CKFK5Z-20FYCK-BYMNN7
  • 019E9T-BXWPQ5-P3AHPV-U0KT2X-2GNAHE-NH26JR-P05VDH-UN9HW9-A5HEGC-G0Y36V
  • 019E9T-BXWPQ5-P3ANX4-HKEDBF-RXGUK5-YAB9YV-895Y85-8KXT1B-MZ9GEK-9D31QN
  • 019E9T-BXWPQ5-P3AZJU-138E4B-JRXR85-2YP77P-BR9HHR-RDV4A3-K0A0XH-Z80EMU
HDD Regenerator 2024
  • 01B357-J1F0R9-PHPTD6-33N28M-16C1F0-CH5TGM-YY35KD-RURTQP-DKE3QT-2TWF8G
  • 01B357-J1F0R9-PHPJ0G-1RHJY3-F02041-9QWBRR-QA14TH-1PPCGR-C59MQZ-XAUNWB
  • 01B357-J1F0R9-PHPZDM-98M37T-Y79JBU-WVM2PX-MMG8QD-D524TJ-RK9MN8-XEKR9Z
  • 01B357-J1F0R9-PHPWZ5-3PV6C2-T1E6V9-753YMX-4Q9F6P-Y1ME1Y-BF2GXA-KPEQMF
  • 01B357-J1F0R9-PHPMKT-E7176E-E9YWXF-U5M8MT-PJWAAA-K9Q89R-K0X737-HG8FJB

// Edition Statement //

AppNee provides the HDD Regenerator multilingual full installers, unlocked files and serial numbers for Windows 32-bit & 64-bit.

// Installation Notes //

for v15.0.0+:

  1. Download and install HDD Regenerator (do not launch program)
  2. Copy the unlocked files to installation folder and overwrite
  3. Run program, enter “Full Version/Serial Number“, and use the corresponding serial number to register
  4. Done

// Prompts //

  • It is recommended to use USB boot method to repair the hard disk. It is not recommended to use HDD Regenerator under Windows.
  • If the hard drive has too many bad sectors, it is recommended to back up the data and replace it with a new hard drive. In addition, it is not recommended to continue using the old hard drive, instead, you should replace it directly with a new one.

// Download URLs //

For Version Download Size
HDD Regenerator 2011
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 v15.0.0 9.08 MB
HDD Regenerator 2024
Windows 10, 11 v20.24.0 11.1 MB

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