Ssd And Bad Sectors - Chkdsk, Reformat, Or Replace?

I'm having problems with my SSD with its bad sectors and also trying to understand what is going on.

I've confirmed my SSD (Samsung 980 Pro, 2TB) has bad sectors through Samsung Magician, Event Viewer and SFC (from Command Prompt). There was a moment where I could not boot into Win10Pro, and I think it was due to the OS data being in those bad sectors. I was able to run CHKDSK (/f and /r options or parameters) through Win10 Boot Media USB, apply or repair the fix, and that did allow me to boot into Win10Pro.

Recently, I have to re-install my various software/games/files if I want to use them or have them run smoothly. It's almost as if CHKDSK didn't fully work - in the sense that it wasn't able to move/recover the data from bad sectors and into a good sector. Is this a possibility and how likely? Did I use CHKDSK incorrectly or misunderstood its features or its specific parameters?

To expand more on this re-install solution I keep having to perform.

1. Validate the game integrity files (Steam library, right-click, properties, check game integrity).
   
2. Re-install Battle.net games entirely
3. Delete my Outlook data file (OST or PST) by removing e-mail accounts and re-adding the e-mail accounts so that it can re-create the data file

I think what bothers me the most is that some of my torrent files need force recheck and it won't work (maybe because it's too corrupt), and I end up having to re-download the entire torrent.

I'm very annoyed by everything as a whole, and I'm considering a reformat. If I do a reformat, do you recommend that I still use the same SSD? The number of bad sectors didn't increase in a period of three days. I am still within my warranty period of 5 years or less than 600TB written (whichever comes first).

 

If me, I would contact Samsung and go for a replacement drive.

I don't see how reformatting will help - not when chkdsk failed to correct errors.

Be sure to tell Samsung the drive failed Magician's diagnosis.

Yes. No. Kinda. Not really.

If you run chkdsk /? (which simply lists the options - it does not actually run chkdsk on the drive) you will see for the /r switch, it says it "implies" /f. What that means is /r includes and performs the same tasks as /f, and then a few more.

So in other words, you did not need to run chkdsk /f and /r. Just chkdsk /r. A moot point now, since the bad sectors were not repaired.

Edit add - make sure you open your cmd prompt running "As administrator". This help ensure a more thorough run.