Hi,

If I think it over a bit more carefully, I don't think partitioning across bad sectors is such a good idea after all, for the following reasons :

1. This technique relies upon you being quite proficient at partition manipulation;
2. If the bad sectors aren't contiguous, you may end up with several partitions, which is really horrible to work with

My advice is to RMA/replace this drive as soon as you can.

Regards,
Golden