Re: how to cope with bad blocks (and off-topic: WD warranty policy)

To: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how to cope with bad blocks (and off-topic: WD warranty policy)
From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 1998 10:22:30 -0400
Message-id: <87yaxbqfvd.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu>
Reply-to: pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu
In-reply-to: Marcus Brinkmann's message of Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:09:50 +0200
References: <19980412160950.40137@flora>

   The drive has a three year warranty. Will WD fix the drive or sent me a new
   one because of bad blocks? Has anyone has experience with WD warranty?
   Should I try to make heavy use of the drive to detect more (soon to be) bad
   blocks, as long as I have warranty?

If the drive is actively developing more bad blocks, back up important
data *NOW*.  You may have as little as three days, or even less,
before it dies forever.  IDE drives do not develop bad blocks, in a
normal situation, unless they are about to die.  In my experience,
anyway.


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