![]() ![]() The reality of bad sectors brings home a chilling fact - even if your hard drive is otherwise working properly, it’s possible for a bad sector to develop and corrupt some of your data. Viruses and other malware that messes with your computer could also cause such system issues and cause soft bad sectors to develop. In some cases, it’s possible for sectors on the hard drive to contain data that doesn’t match their error-correction code - this would be marked as a bad sector. For example, if your computer suddenly shuts off due to a power outage or a pulled power cable, it’s possible that the hard drive may have shut off in the middle of writing to a sector. ![]() Soft bad sectors are caused by software issues.
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