Regarding the Second Issue:

Ok the week is only starting to get cracking and 2 more systems with the bad sector problema bit more attention and it both had the bad sector after the 10Mb point but before the 12mb.. that is a s close as I can pin point.. the prog I am useing wont give me a report of the exact error point..

Why so may drives, why only this area of the drive? and in both these cases a shipload of Crapware..

Is anyone else noticing this problem ..or is everyone just formattig the drives and asking no questions? or is it that margins are so tight in the repair industry that asking questions is a thing of the past?
BTW: the age of the drives as young now as 1 month and the oldest about 18 months average age is 10 months.. mixed brands..