On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 18:34:29 +0200
Andreas Messer <andi@???> wrote:

> Hi golinux,
>
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:50:07AM -0500, golinux@??? wrote:
> > On 2020-09-01 00:07, golinux@??? wrote:
> > [...]
> > I have no idea how reliable the repaired drive is after this radical
> > surgery. Can it be written to or files deleted? Should I even try?
> > [...]
>
> I wouldn't use a drive anymore which has started reallocating
> sectors, well which has reallocated sectors all.

I very strongly agree. Using a drive that's had troubles in the past is
asking for lost or altered data.

> During manufacturing the drive, it can happen that some sectors are
> bad, but these sectors are already "reallocated" during the
> manufacturing end test and will not show up in the SMART information.
> When a magnetic disc drive starts reallocating sectors, it is an
> indicator that something within drive starts to be become bad/broken.
> (Or even has been from the beginning of its live) There is a high
> chance, that one will observe more and more reallocations. And this
> is a guarantee for data loss.

The preceding is what I've observed. If a sector goes bad, other
sectors soon follow.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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