BAD BLOCKS please help

[Vram]

On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 09:20 +0500, Mustafa Abbasi wrote:
> i recntly started using an old hdd and it has a ton of bad blocks.
> now i've manage to isolate the areas with the bad blocks around 11 GB
> and worked around them using LVM.
> now i want my 11 GB back.
> could someboady tell what to do with these blocks.
> how can i use the good space thats available b/w the bad blocks.
> and how can i stop them from spreading .

It is more trouble then it is worth...


Once drives start going bad..........


My $0.02

Vram