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Old 26th Aug 02, 12:43 PM
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A Low level format wipes your drive totally, you would have to reformat. I know on IBM drives their tools try to repair the bad sector by only doing those sectors.

Bad sectors can be caused by a number of things. As stated incorrect shutdowns/powerpups also turning the computer off when the hard drive is spinning. Moving the drive physically, jolts n bangs etc ...
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