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Naw, Most drives now have bad ( and remapped ) sectors from the factory, and they then last for years.

Sure, from the factory, where it indicates known defects on the platter at manufacturing time. New bad sectors that develop during usage are what scare me.

Ditto. If I get any new bad sectors formed then I junk the drive. Storage is relatively cheap these days so it's feasible to do.