Hi everyone, I'm a using dual boot system (Linux(ubuntu) and Windows XP). A few days after installing Ubuntu, I started it and a message greeted me saying my hard disk has a problem and that it has too many "bad sectors". But when I boot Windows, I dont get this kind of error. I would really appreciate it if anyone explains this problem to me (what caused this, etc) and any recommendations on how to fix it (preferably one that doesn't include buying a new hard disk.)
Note: Please know that I am not very knowledgeable in technical stuff so if you try explaining things to me in simple terms, I'd really really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. :)