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