Bad sector
A
bad sector is any flaw or defect with the computer hard disk drive. When
encountering bad sectors it is a strong indication that the hard disk drive is failing or is already bad.
Although disk drive utilities such as Scandisk
can mark each bad sector to be skipped, it is highly recommended that the drive
as soon as possible. In the picture to the right, is an example of a sector on
a hard disk drive platter, as can be seen the sector is a portion of a single track.
- I'm getting Bad Sectors, Clusters, or Missing Allocations what should I do?
- Computer hard disk drive help and support.
Also see: Floppy disk definitions, Hard disk drive definitions, Sector