<p dir="ltr">William,<br>
><br>
> Last time I got bad sectors, I set up a partition (1GB) containing those<br>
> bad sectors. But, soon, the number and size of "bad partitions" grow.<br>
><br>
> Real advice is to get a SSD. :-)<br>
><br>
Hmm, I think for reliability, I would stay with hard disk. SSD fails without without warning. At least with hard disk, you get warnings</p>
<p dir="ltr">Why SSD shine is on speed. Oh and can comfortably survive being dropped</p>
<p dir="ltr">William</p>
<p dir="ltr">William<br>
> ><br>
> > The disk is a Hitachi 5K750 HTS547575A9E384 750G 2.5" drive. I bought<br>
> > it as an external drive because that was cheaper than a bare drive. I<br>
> > cracked it open and installed it in my nettop. Consequently there is<br>
> > no warranty on it as far as I know.<br>
><br>
> I did the same with Hitachi 3GB USB harddisk, and it soon gave me so<br>
> much errors that it was unusable. If someone wants a dead-ish 3TB<br>
> harddisk, let me know.<br>
> --<br>
> William<br>
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