[Discuss] bad hd super block

[John Blomfield]

On 12/18/2014 08:52 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Hundreds of bad blocks sounds like you have just reached the end of
> life (i.e., no spare blocks left to swap in for bad blocks) for this
> drive.  I frankly would be amazed if it is fine from now on given this
> track record.  Anyhow, immediately or at the latest at the first sign
> of additional trouble, I think your best bet would be to give it up as
> a lost cause and buy a new HD (which after all should be quite
> inexpensive). 
My thought entirely except its only a few months old!

John

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