Is there any software that can distinguish between physical and logical bad sectors

reprovo

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Hi.
I was wondering If there Is software that can tell me If any bad sectors found on a drive are physical or logical as that would make me weigh on the side of replacement for a client If they are physical.
Thank you.
 
Since you are having problems with a drive anyhow, why don't you just backup the data and do a long format on the drive? If they are logical bad sectors, a full format will correct it. If they are physical bad sectors, a long format will mark those blocks as bad.

If this is for a client, you may want to replace the drive anyhow just to give everyone peace of mind.