# Reallocated sectors on hard drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Tags:** hardware\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/reallocated-sectors-on-hard-drive/29114 "2025-01-24T06:28:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/reallocated-sectors-on-hard-drive/29114/2 "2025-01-24T06:37:31Z")
Hello @Vicente, Welcome back! Many Operators suggests to run until it die, however, it’s up on you. > [@Using an hdd with bad sectors](https://forum.storj.io/t/using-an-hdd-with-bad-sectors/14027): > > Hello Has anyone tried using a disk with few bad sectors with STORJ? I think that it should not be a problem if they are like 10 20 bad sectors but haven’t tested it. Please share your experience or thoughts on this topic. Thank you in advance! BR, Niki You may also run a long S.M.A.R.T. test, some suggests that it can mark bad blocks beforehand: > [@Storj + SMART long test takes 15 days!](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-smart-long-test-takes-15-days/28969): > > Hi, I’m running storj on a 18TB Toshiba HDD in Linux. I’ve scheduled a monthly SMART long test of all disks in the system, which is generally a good idea™. Anyway, the disk in question is very busy doing storj, so the test takes very-very-very long. Normally, if being idle, it should take 25.5 hours (it is reported by smartctl as 1531 minutes). But with storj it takes 15 days! Today is 6th of January and the smartctl reports: Self-test routine in progress… 60% of test remaining. Test started on… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/reallocated-sectors-on-hard-drive/29114)._