This is bizarre. This morning, I was forced by circumstances to boot up the PC so I could print some checks from Quicken and QuickBooks Pro.
Absolutely NO warning windows popping up.
I’ve kept the system on for a couple of hours now, working in the usual collection of apps, all loaded at the same same, just like I usually work on this computer.
Still no warning pop ups.
I’m not stupid enough to believe there is suddenly no problem, and just smart enough to go ahead and replace the D: drive anyway.
But it is totally a brain fryer that there have been no warning pop ups at all in more than two hours today.
Here’s my thinking: One of the steps I took yesterday afternoon required a reboot before its results could be seen, and the reboot only happened this morning. Hosever, I can’t recall what that step might be.
Or, one of the many chkdsk runs I made on D: finally fixed the offending bad sector.
Yes, chkdsk may have solved your issue.
My thinking:
Bad sectors do not suddenly get better. That leads me to believe the problem is at the partition level. I still would not trust the drive.
Back up your data.
Run manufacturer specific hdd utility.
if OK, CONTINUE:
Delete the offending partition.
Repartition and format and copy data back on.
Optionally, if there are no other partitions, use the zero-write utility to zero the drive rather than deleting the partition. This step takes a very long time on a big drive, but will set the data area back to factory specs.
How big is this drive?
http://www.acronis.com do a disk clone. I love acronis, they really make it easy... if you have sectors going, it won’t be long before more go... why take the risk...