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 £26.05 + 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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