On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 16:25:09 -0400, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had a bad sector and used the methods below, 2 days later the drive > croaked! RMA'd it today. Bad sector? RMA it! Bad sectors are expected on consumer drives and you are unlikely to be able to RMA a drive because of one bad sector. Modern drives are designed to be able to have some bad sectors.