Greetings!

I'm a long time Mk2 owner (almost 6 years!), though it's been awhile since I've visit the forum. However, to my dismay I think my hard drive is on its way out....

Short and to the point -- fsck is showing sector errors. Results are:

Code:

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empeg:/empeg/bin# fsck -fay /dev/hda4
Parallelizing fsck version 1.19 (13-Jul-2000)
e2fsck 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/hda4 is mounted.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
hda: read_intr: status=0x59
hda: read_intr: error=0x40
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 524448
hda: read_intr: status=0x59
hda: read_intr: error=0x40
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 524456
hda: read_intr: status=0x59
hda: read_intr: error=0x40
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 524456
Error reading block 65557 (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read) while doing inode scan.  Ignore error? yes

Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/hda4: 4525/92160 files (5.6% non-contiguous), 2854217/2926602 blocks
empeg:/empeg/bin#

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Cable and related everything is... oh, and the familiar "hard drive scratching of death" is evident on bootup if you listen carefully. However, that appears to have gotten better with manually rebuilding the database......hmmmm

Anyways, is there anything I can do to prolong the life of the hard drive? Or is it time for an 'upgrade'?