Need advice formatting bad hdd

gonk98

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Hello guys,
can anyone help me?
I want to format my notebook hdd, the problem is my hdd got a BAD SECTOR, luckily it's not on my primary partition (system), but still, sometimes when i accessing data from my bad partition, the head off the hdd got stuck and i had to restart my computer. Therefore i plan to reinstall my notebook....

My question is, is there anything i can do when i format my hdd, so the bad sector is, let's say... ISOLATED, so it won't be accessed? If there is a way of donig it, it's better than buying a new hdd right? :)

THX in advance for all suggestions...
 

Jim_L9

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Get the diagnostic software from the hard drive manufacturer and test the drive before putting too much effort into a drive that may be failing.
 

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