Sector not found error

Unfortunately, this error indicates that the drive or diskette is bad and needs to be replaced.

Floppy disk drive users

If you are experiencing this issue with a floppy diskette it is likely the diskette is bad, to determine this try another diskette. If another diskette works unfortunately the disk causing this error is bad. However, if all diskettes are experiencing the same issue the floppy drive may be bad or not setup properly. See the basic floppy disk drive troubleshooting page for more information.

Hard drive users

If you are experiencing this issue with a hard drive it is likely the drive itself is bad. You may be able to resolve this issue by running scandisk and having scandisk mark the sectors as bad. However, it is recommended that the drive be replaced as eventually it will go bad.