Re: Bad CRC

[nospam [at] south-of-heaven.demon.co.uk]

> It's not really something you can do much about, I'm afraid. Generally,
> there are two ways of getting bad sectors.
> a: punting the hard drive 40 yards down a grid iron. touchdown!
> b: normal wear tear.

And once they appear via either of these ways they have a tendency to
breed. Not sure how they do it, but once you get a few the whole drive is
usually
knackered within a few months. :(

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