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Trust HDD w/ repaired bad sectors?
"Ptyrider" wrote in message
... Guess there's no way of knowing for sure, but would you trust a 3-year-old Seagate 40G HDD that set off SMART indicators and had 5 bad sectors, since repaired w/ HDD Regenerator and chkdsk (sector scan) on WinXP? No reason I know of for its developing the bad sectors in the first place. Checks out fine now, but I wonder if should be using it for my main drive or even as a backup drive, or just bin it and replace w/ new drive. It might go for ever or it might fail completely tommorrow. I guess that's not much different from a brand new HDD but the chances are probably greater it will fail. If you're backing up already then it's maybe ok to use it. That said, if I get any bad sectors I always bin the drive. Michael |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:56:41 +0700, Ptyrider wrote:
Guess there's no way of knowing for sure, but would you trust a 3-year-old Seagate 40G HDD that set off SMART indicators and had 5 bad sectors, since repaired w/ HDD Regenerator and chkdsk (sector scan) on WinXP? No reason I know of for its developing the bad sectors in the first place. Checks out fine now, but I wonder if should be using it for my main drive or even as a backup drive, or just bin it and replace w/ new drive. Once a drive has developed bad sectors, I take it out to the range and use it for target practice. I find I can generally hit one at 50 yards out with my .357 and no bench rest. Raymond Sirois SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS 607-733-5745 telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6000 |
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"Ptyrider" wrote in message ... Guess there's no way of knowing for sure, but would you trust a 3-year-old Seagate 40G HDD that set off SMART indicators and had 5 bad sectors, since repaired w/ HDD Regenerator and chkdsk (sector scan) on WinXP? No reason I know of for its developing the bad sectors in the first place. Checks out fine now, but I wonder if should be using it for my main drive or even as a backup drive, or just bin it and replace w/ new drive. I've never used HDD Regenerator. Try Downloading and running Powermax. http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Ma...&downloadID=22 Do a full low-level scan (warning - drive is erased). Then use it for non-crucial data. It's possible that it's just a fluke. It may last several years with only 5 bad sectors. -- "I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!" - Alceryes |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:56:41 +0700, Ptyrider
wrote: Guess there's no way of knowing for sure, but would you trust a 3-year-old Seagate 40G HDD that set off SMART indicators and had 5 bad sectors, since repaired w/ HDD Regenerator and chkdsk (sector scan) on WinXP? No reason I know of for its developing the bad sectors in the first place. Checks out fine now, but I wonder if should be using it for my main drive or even as a backup drive, or just bin it and replace w/ new drive. Generally speaking it can't be trusted anymore. You could do some write read verify testing to see if it passes that, otherwise it might not even be worth the time to use in an unimportant role. I wouldn't use it for the main drive anymore though, particularly on a frequently used or important system. |
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