On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 18:34:29 +0200 Andreas Messer <a...@bastelmap.de> wrote:
> Hi golinux, > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:50:07AM -0500, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > On 2020-09-01 00:07, goli...@devuan.org 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 Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng