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Bad Sectors
I had always thought of bad sectors as being physical damage, and therefore cause for an RMA, but I found some old forum threads on the subject, one of which said this:
My computer has had more than it's share of forced restarts, due to freezes where the only alternative was to use the reset switch. I knew that this could cause corrupted data, but never thought that it would also cause bad sectors.bad sectors are usually caused by cross-linked files which are a result of the operating system overwriting a portion of one file with another file. Potential causes of cross-linked files are turning off or restarting your computer without exiting Windows or by not regularly defragmenting your hard disk. Another reason is when the heads make contact with the hard disk platter(s).
If this is true, how would one determine if the problem is of a physical or a software based origin?