New HDD has bad sectors

[eddy_ftw]

New HDD works very slow.
I received a new HDD (Seagate barracuda) a couple of days ago to replace my old one. I installed W7 onto it, and when I tried installing games through steam I kept receiving Disk read/write errors. Other than that a lot of programs, and windows freeze for no apparent reason.
So I checked out my HDD in HDtune and it told me I have 3 bad blocks.
I tried resolving my issues with chkdsk, running chkdsk /r a whole night but it ended up getting stuck at the final stage.
Is it normal for new HDD to already have bad sectors, and is it fixable or should I just go ahead and ask for a replacement?

 

[nitinvaid20]

no software can fix the hardware issue
go for the replacement

 

[Solandri]

Yes it's normal for a new hard drive to have bad sectors. It's nearly impossible to manufacture a perfectly uniform platter where every area of its surface is writable. However, these bad sectors should have been mapped out at the factory before being shipped to you. So the drive was likely damaged during shipping. Send it back to the store you bought it from for a replacement. (If you send it back to Seagate under warranty, they will ship you a refurbished drive.)

 

[dextermat]

RMA or return drive and get a western digital black.