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> It seems Cejka Rudolf wrote:
> > I think internal bad block remapping is long time here. But
> > in the middle of 1996 I have bought a new Western Digital disk
> > with some bad sectors and it runs without any problems till today
> > (and without any new bad sectors - I have tried new disk format
> > some time ago). Does this mean that I should in such cases make
> > a complaint in a store if I want to use new ATA driver?
>
> Hmm, a modern ATA disk should have NO defects, if it has it is
> to be replaced immediately under warranty, if they refuse,
> dont buy anything from that vendor again :)
This happens to also be a Wester Digital drive, so I would first
go down load they latest version of ``wddiag.exe'' and run it.
It will make attempts to recover the data on the bad sectors,
and remap them. Once it is done it will give you an ``final code''.
Given the other facts stated above, like the drive has grown
no errors in years, wddiag will probably just remap a couple
of sectors for you and your drive will be ``defect free'' again
and you can forget all about bad144.
Depending on the value of the final code you can file a warranty
claim on line via the www, though presently it is taking about
2 to 4 weeks for them to get your drive back.
Also, since you stated the drive is from the middle of 1996
your 3 year warranty may be over :-(.
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