Marvell RAID Utility Event Notification (Bad Sector)

Dear All,
I have got twice "Bad Sector ...." message as following recently..
Should I plan to replce those two hard disk (disk 19/20) now ?
Regards,
Cody.
Q
Hello, MRU User.
This mail is automatically sent out by Marvell RAID Utility.Please don't reply to this mail.
The following event(s) have ocurred on the machine(DM149D20).
04/19/2010 07:27 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 20 at LBA(0x000000000537c7fb), count=1, flag=0x00000012
04/19/2010 07:27 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 19 at LBA(0x000000000537c7fb), count=1, flag=0x00000029
Uq
Q
Hello, MRU User.
This mail is automatically sent out by Marvell RAID Utility.Please don't reply to this mail.
The following event(s) have ocurred on the machine(DM149D20).
04/16/2010 20:16 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 19 at LBA(0x000000000537c361), count=1, flag=0x00000029
04/16/2010 20:16 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 20 at LBA(0x000000000537c361), count=1, flag=0x00000012
04/15/2010 09:41 : [Info] Adapter Event : Adapter 0 is detected, serial number not available
Uq

bad sectors happen all the time.   i wouldn't worry about replacing a drive until you see a critical failure.   if you have no other means of backup (since RAID shouldn't be used as a means of backup anyway) then you may want to look into either OLDB (online data backup) and/or keeping spare drives around in the event of a unrecoverable failure.
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    While listening I noticed that the songs, paused, skipped and wouldn't play occasionally. So when I got home I synced again and I got an error.
    "The iPod could not be synced because of an unknown error -60"
    Now, this had happened to me a long time ago with my first iPod classic, so I changed the USB ports and tried again but it failed. I have tried everything since then, even restoring it on a Mac at the customer service department in Qatar, but I have not had a single inch of luck. I am really bummed with this problem.
    I have only had this iPod for about 3 months, and I am so grateful for having it but, I can't do anything with it now, my songs don't sync and if I try to sync it on iTunes I can't access it from the My computer folder because it says the disk wasn't found.
    I took it to customer service for the last time, he checked the warranty on the database of apple products and it said that the country of purchase was in the united states, now I don't live there and I didn't buy it from there so it must have been imported to the middle east. Anyways, he implied that if I wanted a new iPod I could go to the apple department in California and get it exchanged there, but it would be impossible to get it exchanged in the middle east.
    I just want some help and I need to know one thing, have I been caught at a dead end? Is there nothing I can do for my iPod, except buy a new one?
    If I used a mac and used Disk utility, would that fix the hard drive or bad sector?
    Help would be appreciated, thanks.
    - David.

    Did you have any luck checking for bad sectors? Restoring the iPod may not deal with certain disk errors which should be addressed via regular disk utilities.
    Hold Menu+Select for about 6 seconds until it resets, then hold Menu+Play as soon as the Apple logo appears, again for about 6 seconds to put the machine in disk mode. Connect to your computer, closing iTunes if it opens. Browse *My Computer* and right-click on the drive for the iPod, click Properties, then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click *Check Now*. Under Check disk options, select *Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors*. Click Start. Mac users should run *Disk Utility / Repair Disk* for the equivalent process. This should find and correct any errors in the logical & physical structures of your iPod's hard drive. Once these have been fixed you can reset the iPod (hold Menu+Select ) and should stand a better chance of a successful restore.
    tt2

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