Bad Sectors Keep Growing

Turn off the machine, and get a replacement disk now! Bad sectors in hard disks tend to grow exponentially, massive data loss is imminent. The number of bad sectors hasn't grown past 4004 since I re-oriented the disk. I have a feeling this was a temporary issue, as there's been no growth over the last 24 hours. OK, it's your data... – vonbrand Vonbrand: You were right, the disk failed. I did save the data though. – Clinton

A screenshot of a technical Q&A about a failing hard disk. One user jokes that re-orienting the disk stopped the bad sectors from increasing, only to later admit that the disk failed anyway and the data was saved. The punchline is a sarcastic illustration of false reassurance and ignoring an obvious hardware warning. EN: A screenshot of a technical Q&A about a failing hard disk. One user jokes that re-orienting the disk stopped the bad sectors from increasing, only to later admit that the disk failed anyway and the data was saved. The punchline is a sarcastic illustration of false reassurance and ignoring an obvious hardware warning.

• @gentoomemes / 17293 2025-05-15