Corrupted 250gb HDD

[v4lamiv]

I am having a 250gb hdd. It got corrupted. Fortunately, i have taken backup of data in it. So, i dont need its data no more. when i make a surface test, it shows me that HDD has 176 bad sectors. Can it be repaired? I wont bother to make a format. Whether format can correct this problem? Which is the best way to correct these bad sectors?
I dont have much knowledge in hardware. Please help me!

[darlingm]

Do you really want to trust your future data to a hard drive that is going bad? If you already have your data, your best bet is to get a new HD, imho. Either junk this one, warranty exchange it if it's still covered, or sell it on eBay marked for parts.

[v4lamiv]

Hard to loose a 250gb Just as an emergency disk or for beta testing. I have slaved it as secondary HDD to use it for dump. I am not going to store any sensitive data.
Are these bad sectors cant be corrected?

[cryoborgofthevenus]

Try MHDD remap function

[BlackST]

Selfscan

[v4lamiv]

Do you really want to trust your future data to a hard drive that is going bad? If you already have your data, your best bet is to get a new HD, imho. Either junk this one, warranty exchange it if it's still covered, or sell it on eBay marked for parts.

I checked seagate website and found that my hdd is in warranty period. I decided to go for exchange.
Did anyone made an exchange with seagate? How long will it take to get my new one? Any terms and conditions, I mean how my hdd will be validated for corruption and is it easy to get?

Thanks for all replies

[BlackST]

Is this HDDGURU FORUM or Seagate call center ?!?