Partition around bad blocks?

[paul1149]

Hi,

I've got a 250GB WD HDD that has several groups of bad blocks about 56% into the disk, according to the HDTune visual readout and CHKDSK sticking at that point. HDTune says the bad blocks amount to .6%. SMART reports 85 reallocated blocks (it increased by two over two tests) and a Pending Sector count of 258, up by one over two tests. (BTW, during all this SMART says the drive is healthy. But I have been seeing some lagging under Windows.)

So the drive appears to be getting worse, and yet all the trouble is in one area.

would it pay to partition off the bad area? And how do I get the locations, because HDTune doesn't seem to be giving that infomation. I could approximate it from the graphical output.

Thanks.

[lcoughey]

Trash the drive and buy a new one.

[paul1149]

You're probably right. I'm cloning the disk right now.