cd drive problems

Ehh? What does it say in Disk Management? (Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, 1397.25 GB is indeed 1,500,000,000,000 bytes. You didn't lose anything, but perhaps you 'gained' some junk files during the reformat.

Perhaps you would like to peek inside \System Volume Information to see if it's hogging space. You'll need to take ownership first.

Alternatively, run Spacemonger 1.6 and visually see what's taking up the hard disk space.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's a hidden directory called "System Volume Information" on drive C:. You need to set Explorer to show all hidden and system files, and then manually take ownership, giving yourself the proper privileges to be able to even view what's inside. This is where Microsoft puts down System Restore information.

Step by step: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531

The other reason you might have unscannable sectors is that the space has been marked as "bad" by the file system. Chkdsk can help you with, well, checking this.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.