Re: using a HD with bad sectors

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using a HD with bad sectors
\ Iain Buchanan (5 May 2008)
. \ deface (5 May 2008)
. \ Volker Armin Hemmann (5 May 2008)
. . \ Neil Bothwick (5 May 2008)
. \ Stroller (5 May 2008)
. \ Florian Philipp (5 May 2008)

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Subject:	Re: using a HD with bad sectors
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Stroller
Date:	5 May 2008

On 5 May 2008, at 04:14, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> ...
> The question is: should I use it at all (for any use, external HD or
> internal with operating system), or is it sufficient to let the fsck
> tool mark the bad sectors and just keep using it?
> ...

Here the cheapest 2.5" harddrive I can buy is Ł26.05 + VAT, and it's
a 5400rpm Maxtor 80gig drive.

For my money it's not worth using a flakey drive.

> I use nearly 100% of the space available, and regularly compare
> cksums, so if anything was deteriorating, I would know.

If you're confident in that assessment then you'll be fine with the
old drive, but if you have to ask, then maybe I'd just replace it.

Stroller.
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