When a hard drive is struck with a bad sector, although some of the data may be lost, it’s often possible to reformat the hard drive and get it working again. The bad sectors are removed from the array, and the hard drive will work as before, albeit a few megabytes smaller. Current hard drives are able to work around bad sectors and only store data in the good areas of the drive. Although this saves money vs buying a new drive, is it a good idea?
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