HDD Bad Sectors and Full Format (XP)

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If a HDD has bad sectors, will the full format under XP installation put the bad sectors into the error table so no data is written to them?

I am currently repairing a PC for my neighbors boyfriend and their main method of turning the PC off was to unplug it from the wall when it was running.

Hence to say, the power supply was fubar and the HDD was corrupt (Stuck in endless reboot cycle even when attempting to run in safe mode or just a command prompt).

A disk check found 4 bad sectors. These folks don't have a lot of money and cannot afford a new HDD so I just wanted to check if XP full format will be OK.
 
The bad sectors are most likely ghost bad sectors (ie created by bad writes) and if so will be fully recoverable using a tool like HDD regenerator or Spinrite.
There is no harm leaving them though.

Run scandisk and scan for bad sectors to log out any others that may be present, then re-install Windows.
 
+1 on hdd regenerator. I had a hdd with a few bad sectors. Ran hdd regenerator overnight and it was gone.
 
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