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reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 16th, 2022, 8:33

I have an HDD with some reallocated sectors count yellow and I used it for a long time in these conditions but today my SSD is full and I thought about reusing this HDD but I don't know if it will be possible because of this diagnosis, what you recommend is possible to reuse it. it?

Re: reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 16th, 2022, 8:48

you should have binned it.

Re: reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 16th, 2022, 9:12

It's saved but I haven't used it yet I want opinions

Re: reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 16th, 2022, 9:22

"you should have binned it" is an opinion.

Re: reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 17th, 2022, 4:08

A table balancer is an option too, if one of the table legs is very short.

Re: reuse HDD with bad sectors

January 23rd, 2022, 14:56

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