Hey what does it mean when my drive has bad sectors? Is it really bad? Is it fixable? any help would be great.
Hi~ Bad sectors is a dangerous one. It will slowly crash the storage device and currupt it entierly. But don't worry. Go to the explorer/mycomputer, right click the drive and click "properties", where you can find "error-checking". Clik "Check now" button and then check the box "scan for and attemp recovery of bad sectors"
Thanks I just did that this past weekend and it took a day and a half. After that it hasn't given me problems until now. every time it boots up it tells me I have bad sectors again. Do i have to buy a new hard drive?
goto the hd manufacturer to download their diagnostic software so you can do a lowlevel format which might correct the problem, might!!
