RAID 0 on drive(s) with bad sectors - a bad idea??

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is this a really bad idea? this is a follow up to my previous post, i've just been home and checked out 1 drive (so far) and it has like 1mb worth of bad sectors on it (19g drive). i currently have this existing on it's own (no RAID) which was how I was able to format it. my question is, now that those bad sectors have been noted, can i rebuild the array and format? or will it be like starting from scratch again and throw a hissy fit when it get back to those sectors on the disk. remembering that i'll have to fdisk and everything all over again...

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by oOber on 07/24/01 11:43 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[FatBurger]

Bad sectors are a physical problem, not a problem with the individual format. You'd run into the same problem, and lose lots of data because of it.

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[lhgpoobaa]

if you see bad sectors on the drive its time to get rid of it.
it means something is not happy in there, and is unlikely to get better over time.
sure you may format ok, but whats stopping new bad sectors from cropping up?

if its under warantee replace it.
if not, get a new one

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[camieabz]

LHGPooBaa is right.

No way do you want bad sectors. I had a drive on a laptop develope bad sectors, as time went by, more developed.

Replace the drive and a have a worry free life.

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