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bad sectorA segment of disk storage that cannot be read or written because of a physical problem in the disk. Bad sectors on hard disks are marked by the operating system and bypassed. If data are recorded in a sector that becomes bad, file recovery software, and sometimes special hardware, must be used to restore it. bad sector [‚bad ′sek·tər] (computer science) An area of disk storage that does not record data reliably and therefore is not used. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The prevention of data errors in a storage medium by invalidating bad sectors. Partition is infected from bad sectors or disk errors Data misplaced in bad sectors of storage media and MFT/MBR tables also recovers back via latest version of NTFS data rescue utility. |
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