Hi Nikhil,
If the bad sectors are in continuos form then
you can make partition accordingly and dont use the
partition which have badsector.
E.g. 40 gb hdd
Bad sector at 20gb to 30 gb then make partion as 0 t0
19gb, 19gb to 31gb (Dont use it), 31gb to 40 gb.
Regards
Ravi
--- Nikhil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All !
> I want to know that I have HDD having bad sectors in
> nearly about of 12MB. Can I use the HDD for linux
> OS?
> B'cos on windows it hangs the computer...
> Please tell me if there is any soln. on this
>
>
> thanks & regards,
> Nikhil
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
>
> --
>
______________________________________________________________________
> Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List:
> (plug-mail@plug.org.in)
> List Information:
>
http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail
> Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for
> mailing instructions.
>
__________________________________________________________
Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/
--
______________________________________________________________________
Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in)
List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail
Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
