Quantum Fireball ST 3.2

I try to fix this drive to working condition, the problem is ca. ~7000 (!) bad sectors, but this is only 3,5 kByte space if i am correct, and it is nothing compared to 3,2 GByte. This ammount of bad sectors dont fit into G or P list, or track list. Most of the defects are on head 2 (circular scratches ?). CYL 522 HEAD 2; 583,2; 960,2 ; 1080,2 .. etc. Head 0,1 have some bb, head 3 is almost perfect. Can somebody suggest a solution ? (except to turn off head 012 or 23 )

Hello,

is it really worth? U can buy such drive for 1000HUF or a pair of dingo's kidneys

regards,
pepe

i am experimenting on it. before i move on to 30Gb drives. I got about 10 drives for 1EU / drive. i use these small drives for linux, for squid cache, for remote control etc. By the way it seems that some defects has disapeared after cleaning the contacts. I will see tomorrow.