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Bad Sectors
Name: PeterEdwards Date: March 17, 2003 at 20:17:17 Pacific OS: 98SE CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
Goodmorning, I have a 20 Gig harddrive with 20 Megs of bad sectors on it for about a year now. It's been used practically every day. I've asked a few computer technicians and also read a few posts and they all say to go out and get a new one because your harddrive is going to fail.
Well guess what? Its been a year and it hasn't failed. Nor have I had trouble with it.
Name: Goldenknob Date: March 17, 2003 at 21:33:58 Pacific
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just because a drive has bad sectors dosn't mean it's going to fail... I dont' know why people think it will... think of floppys when they have bad sectors do they fail..no... it just dosn't write in the bad spots...
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Response Number 2
Name: Ray Peate Date: March 18, 2003 at 01:02:07 Pacific
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But you must keep an eyey on the bad sectors - if they begin to spread then......
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Response Number 3
Name: Goldenknob Date: March 18, 2003 at 01:31:12 Pacific
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I guess the question would be is what causes bad sectors and how do they spread?
to better help to control them or not have them..
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Response Number 4
Name: PeterEdwards Date: March 18, 2003 at 01:55:25 Pacific
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I was afraid this was going to happen. You haven't answered my question.
Why hasn't it failed?
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Response Number 5
Name: Ray Peate Date: March 18, 2003 at 02:43:07 Pacific
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Your OS will not write to the bad sectors - it will "mark" them and avoid using them for data. The failure point comes when your programs cease to run because their file information is within some bad sectors.
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