Bad sectors can be caused by bad device drivers and possibly errant
programs. The system is supposed to keep this from happening, but it
sometimes fails. You are correct in your assumption regarding partitions. If
one partition needs reformatting, the other is not affected.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> Can software cause Bad Sector errors on your HDD, that cannot
> be fixed by Scandisk, BUT CAN  be fixed by reformatting your HDD?
>
> If the problems are caused by software, would it help if I
> partitioned the HDD? Then I wouldn't have to format the whole
> HDD, just the partition affected?? maybe?? Or doesn't it work
> that way?
>
> Anne Smith
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