[plug] Bad sectors on IDE disk

[Arie Hol]

At 10:43 AM 04-08-2003 +0800, Derek Fountain wrote:

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>I've got a hard disk with about 6 bad sectors on it. I've had disk read errors 
>from it. Normally I'd just chuck it, but this is a large 2.5" laptop drive. 
>Even at 3 years old it's replacement cost is non trivial, so I'd like to 
>continue using it if I can.

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If the bad sectors are close together (Hopefully), you might be able to
repartition the drive in such a manner that the bad sectors are located
'between' the partitions  on unused areas of the drive.


Regards Arie Hol

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