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WD drive, (C5) Current Pending Sector
Hi. Today I downloaded the new nvidia driver and tried to install it. At the end of the installation, I BSOD'd into code 24. According to bluescreenview, it was related to ntfs.sys. I always download from this drive and then install onto my SSD.
So I went and loaded up HD Tune. SSD is fine, HDD has an error.
I've had that drive for about 3 years now, do I have to throw it away or can I still somehow recover it (so it's useable).
Can I just go to disk management and Full format it, would that fix the bad sectors or at least block the computer from writing/reading to bad sectors in the future?