Is it worth to keep using a hard disk with these errors?
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I was trying to re-use a hard disk that shows errors, I don't remember if the device was hit or it starts making misreads on his own. The fs is ext3.
There are files recovered using the testdisk utility, and then then idea is to erase the partitions and the recreate and format again marking the bad blocks as unusable via
badblocks -v /dev/sdx > list
and later
fsck -l list /dev/sdx
But will this be reliable? I intend to use it as removable-media, not for a system.
The output of dumpe2fs has many entrys like this
Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) csum 0xf720 [ITABLE_ZEROED]
Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-19
Reserved GDT blocks at 20-1024
Block bitmap at 1025 (+1025)
Inode bitmap at 1041 (+1041)
Inode table at 1057-1568 (+1057)
1616 free blocks, 6429 free inodes, 359 directories, 3847 unused inodes
Full text here
filesystems hard-disk hardware
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I was trying to re-use a hard disk that shows errors, I don't remember if the device was hit or it starts making misreads on his own. The fs is ext3.
There are files recovered using the testdisk utility, and then then idea is to erase the partitions and the recreate and format again marking the bad blocks as unusable via
badblocks -v /dev/sdx > list
and later
fsck -l list /dev/sdx
But will this be reliable? I intend to use it as removable-media, not for a system.
The output of dumpe2fs has many entrys like this
Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) csum 0xf720 [ITABLE_ZEROED]
Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-19
Reserved GDT blocks at 20-1024
Block bitmap at 1025 (+1025)
Inode bitmap at 1041 (+1041)
Inode table at 1057-1568 (+1057)
1616 free blocks, 6429 free inodes, 359 directories, 3847 unused inodes
Full text here
filesystems hard-disk hardware
asked Jan 6 at 17:53
riccs_0xriccs_0x
269316
2
Have you checked SMART values (smartclt)?
– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
3
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported bybadblocksthen it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025is a bad sign.197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82is even worse.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
2
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
3
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57
|
show 4 more comments
I was trying to re-use a hard disk that shows errors, I don't remember if the device was hit or it starts making misreads on his own. The fs is ext3.
There are files recovered using the testdisk utility, and then then idea is to erase the partitions and the recreate and format again marking the bad blocks as unusable via
badblocks -v /dev/sdx > list
and later
fsck -l list /dev/sdx
But will this be reliable? I intend to use it as removable-media, not for a system.
The output of dumpe2fs has many entrys like this
Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) csum 0xf720 [ITABLE_ZEROED]
Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-19
Reserved GDT blocks at 20-1024
Block bitmap at 1025 (+1025)
Inode bitmap at 1041 (+1041)
Inode table at 1057-1568 (+1057)
1616 free blocks, 6429 free inodes, 359 directories, 3847 unused inodes
Full text here
filesystems hard-disk hardware
asked Jan 6 at 17:53
riccs_0xriccs_0x
269316
I was trying to re-use a hard disk that shows errors, I don't remember if the device was hit or it starts making misreads on his own. The fs is ext3.
There are files recovered using the testdisk utility, and then then idea is to erase the partitions and the recreate and format again marking the bad blocks as unusable via
badblocks -v /dev/sdx > list
and later
fsck -l list /dev/sdx
But will this be reliable? I intend to use it as removable-media, not for a system.
The output of dumpe2fs has many entrys like this
Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) csum 0xf720 [ITABLE_ZEROED]
Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-19
Reserved GDT blocks at 20-1024
Block bitmap at 1025 (+1025)
Inode bitmap at 1041 (+1041)
Inode table at 1057-1568 (+1057)
1616 free blocks, 6429 free inodes, 359 directories, 3847 unused inodes
Full text here
filesystems hard-disk hardware
filesystems hard-disk hardware
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Have you checked SMART values (smartclt)?
– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
3
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported bybadblocksthen it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025is a bad sign.197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82is even worse.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
2
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
3
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57
|
show 4 more comments
2
Have you checked SMART values (smartclt)?
– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
3
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported bybadblocksthen it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025is a bad sign.197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82is even worse.
– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
2
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
3
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57
2
2
Have you checked SMART values (
smartclt)?– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
Have you checked SMART values (
smartclt)?– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
3
3
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported by
badblocks then it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported by
badblocks then it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
2
2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025 is a bad sign. 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82 is even worse.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025 is a bad sign. 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82 is even worse.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
2
2
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
3
3
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57
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This HDD will make a fine resource for very strong magnets. You might even have fun using the discs itself as a small round mirror with a hole in it.
All other uses (i.e. storing and reading data on it) are strongly disadvised. If the Current_Pending_Sector is non-zero, the device is currently starting to fail. Do NOT put any data on it that you still need to recover.
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This HDD will make a fine resource for very strong magnets. You might even have fun using the discs itself as a small round mirror with a hole in it.
All other uses (i.e. storing and reading data on it) are strongly disadvised. If the Current_Pending_Sector is non-zero, the device is currently starting to fail. Do NOT put any data on it that you still need to recover.
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This HDD will make a fine resource for very strong magnets. You might even have fun using the discs itself as a small round mirror with a hole in it.
All other uses (i.e. storing and reading data on it) are strongly disadvised. If the Current_Pending_Sector is non-zero, the device is currently starting to fail. Do NOT put any data on it that you still need to recover.
answered Jan 7 at 10:51
Stefan MStefan M
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This HDD will make a fine resource for very strong magnets. You might even have fun using the discs itself as a small round mirror with a hole in it.
All other uses (i.e. storing and reading data on it) are strongly disadvised. If the Current_Pending_Sector is non-zero, the device is currently starting to fail. Do NOT put any data on it that you still need to recover.
answered Jan 7 at 10:51
Stefan MStefan M
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This HDD will make a fine resource for very strong magnets. You might even have fun using the discs itself as a small round mirror with a hole in it.
All other uses (i.e. storing and reading data on it) are strongly disadvised. If the Current_Pending_Sector is non-zero, the device is currently starting to fail. Do NOT put any data on it that you still need to recover.
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Have you checked SMART values (
smartclt)?– sebasth
Jan 6 at 18:03
3
A modern hard disk will try and remap bad sectors into "spare" parts of the disk. If you're seeing errors reported by
badblocksthen it normally means the disk is so bad it can't fix itself anymore. I replace disks like that ASAP.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:05
2
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 011 011 050 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 2025is a bad sign.197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 82is even worse.– Stephen Harris
Jan 6 at 18:10
2
Seems to me like some of these comments could combine nicely into an Answer!
– Jeff Schaller
Jan 6 at 18:51
3
Not quite, “pending sector” counts the number of unreadable sectors which are waiting to be reallocated. The number of unreallocatable sectors is “offline uncorrectable” (which is updated during offline tests, hence the name). Failing sectors aren’t immediately reallocated, in the hope that the drive will be able to read them again at some point; they are normally only reallocated on writes.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 6 at 18:57