Re: Fujitsu M2714TAM disk problems

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From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 7 Jul 1998 20:53:26 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
<mike@jasper.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <35a503cd.4075050@netbsd.haeb.demon.org>, Harry Broomhall
><haeb@pc60.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>a drive that is starting to show
>>errors isn't woth the effort IMHO.
>
>In a push, it might be worth considering such a drive if the errors are
>at the end of the disc, and a partition can be created which excludes
>the bad sectors.
>

  It would, IMHO, be some push.  Drives are cheap enough these days,
and I just wouldn't trust a drive that was starting to get bad
sectors.  They *may* all be close together at the moment, but I just
wouldn't trust it!

   Regards,
        Harry.

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