Iain Buchanan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have two 2.5in HD's, one 60Gb with a heap of bad sectors currently
> used in external Hd enclosure, and one 100Gb which seems in good
> condition, currently in my laptop.
>
> I'm upgrading my laptop, and I'd like to turn the old one into a myth
> frontend or something similar, so I want to put the 60Gb in it. I will
> then use the 100Gb in my external enclosure for travelling, backups,
> etc.
>
> The reason the 60Gb has bad sectors (I think) is because I dropped it
> (in it's enclosure). This was quite some time ago, and it doesn't seem
> to be dying any further, but I haven't done any comparisons on the bad
> sector count. I use nearly 100% of the space available, and regularly
> compare cksums, so if anything was deteriorating, I would know.
>
> 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?
>
> Is there a way to monitor it's "health" in the external enclosure until
> I get my new laptop? Is counting the bad sectors enough?
>
> thanks heaps!
>  
this day in age, space is sooo cheap. atleast in the US. 60 gigs is
weak. get a new drive.
--
gentoo-user@(protected)