Re: Bad sectors... how bad?
- From: djs0302@xxxxxxx
- Date: 5 Dec 2005 22:51:53 -0800
Pdigmking wrote:
> OK, so I'm crazy over all this HD stuff, I'm looking at HDs, tryingn to
> find out if one brand is better than the other, what difference does buffer
> make etc. All this concern is raised by the fact that I ran a chkdsk and
> found one bad sector, and maybe my addled brain heard the dreaded
> "clacking" from the HD. Setting aside my addled brain for the moment, how
> bad is it really to find a bad sector? I mean, does this really mean my
> drive is crashing? I just want to catch this before it crashes this time
> so I don't have to spend hours re-loading all my programs again.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Paul
I definitely wouldn't put anything critical on a hard drive that's
starting to develop bad sectors, although I've been using a dying hard
drive on one of my computers for the last 3 years. Your drive may last
another 10 years or more or it may die tomorrow. The important thing
is to make sure you have all your data backed up on removeable media.
To make it easier you really don't have to back up the operating system
or your programs since you should already have the setup disks for
those things. I personally back up the following:
1. Any documents, photos, mp3s, or other files that I've added to the
hard drive that I have no other copy of,
2.Internet favorites or bookmarks,
3.e-mail addresses and other contact information,
4. saved games and other settings such as high scores.
Also if you've tweaked the registry you may want to back that up too.
.
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