Bridge no longer writes keywords to IPTC

Using CS5 Extended v. 12.0.3 x32, Bridge v. 4.0.4.2, Windows 7 w/SP1
After adding keywords to about three dozen images, Bridge gave the error message: "There was a error writing metadata to @filename."
Close and restart Bridge did not solve problem.
Close and restart CS5 did not solve problem.
Reboot and restart CS5 did not solve problem.
CHKDSK revealed bad sectors.
Replacement of HD and restore by backup solved problem for approx. 36 images.
The error message above has returned.
Restart of Bridge and/or CS5 does not solve problem.
Reboot and restart does not solve problem.
CHKDSK reveals no drive errors.
I am currently unable to use Bridge to write metadata to any file, in any folder.
Is this a known bug?  Is there a fix or patch?  Is there an upgrade I am not finding?  Can you think of any other way out of this?
Thanks in advance,
ACB

Thank you very much.  Bridge will not start with a right click from within CS5 (the way I use it most), but right clicking on the installed Bridge icon DID ALLOW me to write the metadata to a .jpg I had NOT been able to write to before when invoking Bridge from within CS5.  I can live with that.
I then went on to extended your suggestion to running CS5 itself via right click start and running as Administrator, and it seems to do as well as invoking Bridge itself via right click.  I have learned something here.
Thanks again very much for the suggestion.
ACB

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