Just a question as i read it somewhere on this forum and net also but cant find that now or recall of what i am asking:
If a HDD develops BAD sectors, and after the disk checking is done as instructed above. How much time we can expect in normal condition that it will work OK, or once bad sectors develop they grow like cancer (with an expected time limit unless miracle or cure is there)?
Also one case if my windowsXP with all tools at right place and no cracked softawre or anything else(checked virus n malware with every tool mentioned) chkdsk done in complete sense, start to get real slow in when something on harddisk is accessed like clicking a file, but works fine when once that file is opened.(so bad sector expected) So, can it be cured ? means can these bad sectors can be earmarked and hence denied to be used by OS?
thanks guys and if this question deserves to be in new thread in hardware, tell me. thnks again
