Reallocated Sector Count = 67

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>

| I am running the latest Ubuntu and the new Gnome disk monitor, *Palimpsest, is
| complaining that I have a drive with 67 reallocated sectors, and I should
| replace it soon.

You haven't told us very much about the disk.

How old is it?  What brand & model?  What's its warranty status?

What does smartctl say about other drive health indicators?

Have you experienced I/O errors on the drive?  Have you lost data?

Have you run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools (eg. SeaTools for
DOS, if Seagate)?

| Anyone have any thoughts to share?

I don't like a number that high, but that's opinion.

I certainly don't like a number that is regularly increasing.  When an
increase happens, that means that the drive thinks another sector has
gone bad; each time might or might not be a case where you lose data.
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