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  1. sethholtz Win User

    This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus


    I've been trying to use an external CD/DVD drive to play some old harry potter games and this is as far as I get. I've tried multiple discs, CD's and DVD's respectively, and nothing. I've updated the drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled them. My system is up to date too. I even tried doing a virus scan and that didn't work either. At this point I'm at a loss.

    :)
     
    sethholtz, Jan 15, 2022
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  2. PaulPChou Win User

    This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus. Please reinstall it.

    I got this error message: This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus. Please reinstall it. I fixed it before but forgot how I did it. Any ideas? I did uninstall the program and reinstalled it but same issue. I
    did scan for bad sector.
     
    PaulPChou, Jan 15, 2022
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  3. HDD Bad Sector

    Hi Nataniel!

    I am not sure what your question is exactly, but one thing I'd recommend for sure will be to look for a replacement drive since there is already a bad sector on your current one.

    Basically there are two kinds of bad sectors - hardware and software:

    • Hardware ones are caused by physical damage or becoming magnetically fixed, and they are unrepairable. In short, once they appear it's only a matter of time (no way to say how long) until the HDD fails.
    • Software bad sectors on the other hand occur when something called an Error Correction Code (ECC) doesn't match the contents of the hard drive. These can be repaired by overwriting the data on the drive with zeroes (a.k.a. low level formatting) and sometimes
      by running a **chkdsk [write the letter of the drive:] /r** in the CMD.

    As for getting the information from the drive if one of the partitions fail, most likely you won't be able to, which is why I'd suggest to make a regular backup of your most important data.

    Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.
     
    MightyMiro_WD, Jan 15, 2022
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  4. This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus

    This program has been damaged, possibly by a bad sector of the hard drive or a virus. Please reinstall it.

    You an also perform a Scandisk to check for HDD Bad Sectors by following this Guide from a website.

    How to fix bad sectors in Windows 10/11

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
    on the site before you decide to download and install it.
     
    Paul_Mykel, Jan 15, 2022
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