Is disk really bad if mkfs.ext4 -c -c reports errors?

[Karl Auer]

On the matter of drives failing:

Hard disk drives cost very little these days.

In a home situation, or as a hobby, by all means spend hours
investigating. Good fun, lots of personal satisfaction, might learn
something.

In any other situation, if a drive even *hints* at being defective,
replace it.

Always claim warranty if the drive is inside the warranty period. It
costs almost nothing to do so, and if the vendor says there's nothing
wrong with it who cares; replace it anyway.

Your time is almost certainly worth more per MINUTE than the drive is
worth per gigabyte.

Regards, K.

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