marcin writes: does it make sense to bring it back if the HDD seems to behave normally now?
A: As someone who knows absolutely nothing about the subject, I feel I should speak up. I have heard rumors (see, Revelations, Nostradamus, etc) that there are diagnostic mechanisms in drives that can shut down bad sectors. I had a travelstar drive that periodically did this stuff and fixed itself--but I was never sure if it really did fix itself. Also, I believe that OSX has little d�mons that sometimes take care of that stuff. I would say, that sometimes it just isn't worth it to delay replacing a drive once you have heard the death rattle---or at least copy it over to an external drive. --
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