hard drive with bad sectors, still OK to use?
by Basslord1124 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4YCXX)
This is in relation to Linux on my main laptop thread. It became a distro question, and now it has graduated to a hard drive question.
Original thread:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...op-4175667927/
So just discovered my hard drive had a bad sector count of 200 sectors. I have installed the SMART tools (smartctl, gsmartcontrol) and I have attached a screenshot and logs. It still managed to pass the extended 3 hour SMART test.
I think in the coming months I will likely get a new laptop but I was just wondering what some of these numbers/results mean and what kind of future my drive may have (if any). I'm going to probably end up keeping the laptop as a test laptop until she finally gives up.
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Original thread:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...op-4175667927/
So just discovered my hard drive had a bad sector count of 200 sectors. I have installed the SMART tools (smartctl, gsmartcontrol) and I have attached a screenshot and logs. It still managed to pass the extended 3 hour SMART test.
I think in the coming months I will likely get a new laptop but I was just wondering what some of these numbers/results mean and what kind of future my drive may have (if any). I'm going to probably end up keeping the laptop as a test laptop until she finally gives up.
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