From what I understand every HDD has a pool of extra sectors that replace bad sectors when they crop up. <BR><BR>So how many are usually in a pool? When does the user actually see the bad sectors? Is ...

Your hard disk drive will not last forever, and this is truer if your computer is used regularly. One day, you’ll fire up your PC and find that things are not running as they should, and then you’ll ...

A malfunctioning hard drive in your company's computers can result in both frustration and, more importantly, lost data. Checking your hard drive for bad sectors and other errors enables you to remedy ...

Macrorit Disk Scanner is a freeware hard drive disk scanner for Windows, that lets you scan your hard drive for Bad Sectors, issues, problems & errors. What do you do ...

I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, but I decided on this one because my problem pertains mostly to hardware.<BR>If this could be in a more suitable forum, please tell me so I can post over ...

Bad sectors on a hard drive can lead to corrupt files and boot failure. When the sectors on your hard drive begin to fail, you should immediately stop using it until you can transfer the files to ...

Windows: When your computer starts acting hinky and spitting out error messages, it's hard to know exactly where to begin to diagnose the problem. Windows Surface ...