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Sep 28, 2016 3:37 PM in response to berrymvby chris_g1,Hi berrymv,
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. If you have a new-to-you MacBook Air that won't boot and is showing volume or drive issues, you have a couple options. To start fresh, you would most likely want to erase & reformat the drive, then install a fresh copy of the operating system. This may resolve the bad sectors issue if it is simply a volume corruption or mapping issue, though not if there is a physical issue with the drive itself*. If this MacBook Air is a relatively recent model (post-2010), you should be able to boot to and reinstall the OS from a remote Internet volume, a feature known as Internet Recovery. This will install a fresh copy of the OS version the machine originally shipped with (or OS X 10.7 for some earlier machines that shipped with 10.6). You may find the information and steps outlined in the following articles helpful:
How to reinstall OS X - Apple Support
Disk Utility for Mac: Erase a volume using Disk Utility
About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
(*Note: MacBook Airs released post-2010 have solid state drives, either model specific or hard soldered to the main board, and may have limited options for replacement)
Regards
