bad sectors on my ntfs partition, what do i do?

[Karl F. Larsen]

Haneef Bashir wrote:
> i have a three partitioned harddrive. i have windows on the first 10gb
> partition. after having some difficulties with windows and the
> reinstallation of windows, and now not being able to boot back into
> hardy, i grabbed my copy of puppy linux and used the live-cd (which i
> am typing on now). i then used gparted to check and repair the windows
> partition and this is what i got:
> <i>ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)<BR />Device name        :
> /dev/sda1<BR />NTFS volume version: 3.1<BR />Cluster size       : 4096
> bytes<BR />Current volume size: 11202798080 bytes (11203 MB)<BR
> />Current device size: 11202799104 bytes (11203 MB)<BR />Checking for
> bad sectors ...<BR />Bad cluster:  0xbd0bc - 0xbd0bc    (1)<BR />Bad
> cluster:  0xbd1f7 - 0xbd1f7    (1)<BR />Bad cluster:  0xbd306 -
> 0xbd306    (1)<BR />Bad cluster:  0xc0029 - 0xc0029    (1)<BR />ERROR:
> This software has detected that the disk has at least 4 bad
> sectors.<BR />****************************************************************************<BR
> />* WARNING: The disk has bad sector. This means physical damage on
> the disk *<BR />* surface caused by deterioration, manufacturing
> faults or other reason.   *<BR />* The reliability of the disk may
> stay stable or degrade fast. We suggest  *<BR />* making a full backup
> urgently by running 'ntfsclone --rescue ...' then   *<BR />*
> run 'chkdsk /f /r' on Windows and rebooot it TWICE! Then you
> can resize  *<BR />* NTFS safely by additionally using the
> --bad-sectors option of ntfsresize.*<BR
> />****************************************************************************<BR
> /></i>
>
> i just want to know is this haddrive still any good? can it be fixed,
> can i install windows on another partition with out any problem?
>
>   
    Read what your computer said and back up what you want and then 
throw away that hard drive. It's dead.

karl