Never had to replace a hard drive that came with my computer before. Sorry - no store/warranty experience here.
I assume you do have other hard drives, internal and/or external, to move the important personal data to in case the disc fails completely? If it were me, I wouldn't trust that drive further than I could throw it, after it started messing up like that. And I agree with your plans - I wouldn't bother trying to route around the bad sector, Id' just replace the drive. *nod*
I assume you do have other hard drives, internal and/or external, to move the important personal data to in case the disc fails completely? If it were me, I wouldn't trust that drive further than I could throw it, after it started messing up like that. And I agree with your plans - I wouldn't bother trying to route around the bad sector, Id' just replace the drive. *nod*