When you run the format command in Command Prompt to format a drive on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, the format operation may fail or be unable to complete and output the message Bad sectors ...

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 ...

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 ...