10/03/2014, 04:59 PM
Have two storage drives which developed bad sectors.
I've done a full format of them, and replaced the drives.
Thing is, now I've got two working drives which I don't have a use for. I don't really trust my data on drives with bad sectors; although the full format should have marked the sectors as bad anyway, there's always the worry that more bad sectors will develop.
For those interested, the drives are both WD Greens, 1.5TB and 2TB capacity.
So what would you do with such drives?
Some possibilities (though of no use to me):
- temporary storage
- computer with non-critical data (eg HTPC where you just dump media onto)
- sending large collections to friends
I've done a full format of them, and replaced the drives.
Thing is, now I've got two working drives which I don't have a use for. I don't really trust my data on drives with bad sectors; although the full format should have marked the sectors as bad anyway, there's always the worry that more bad sectors will develop.
For those interested, the drives are both WD Greens, 1.5TB and 2TB capacity.
So what would you do with such drives?
Some possibilities (though of no use to me):
- temporary storage
- computer with non-critical data (eg HTPC where you just dump media onto)
- sending large collections to friends