Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.periphs.hdd Subject: Re: A dying very old HDD confirmed? Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:50:07 +1000 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-15"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Ximimhp2mGuduGXuE+VImA+NdzxlF6PnwinorlxrP1zkHqL7U= Cancel-Lock: sha1:Psmy2283FC03vNHrrS54neRR8j4= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2324 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:5402 Pascal Hambourg wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Yeah, a few reallocated sectors are no big deal on a drive that old. > However having Current_Pending_Sector or Offline_Uncorrectable = 1 > is a bit more annoying. Sure, but only a little. > It means that the data inside a sector is currently > unreadable and the embedded disk controller > was unable to reallocate the failing sector. Only with the offline uncorrectable sector. > In short, it means : data has been lost. That assumes that the data in it is of any value. > Not too good for a backup drive. Its just a complete yawn for me, I never have just one backup and hardly ever actually need to use a backup anyway, and its very unlikely that I will need the data in that particular sector even if I do use the backup and since its not the only backup, its no more than a very minor nuisance.