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remap-badblocks – Give your damaged drives a second life (and help improve the tool!) (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PrivacyPolicyRead on 2025-07-17 23:09:40.

Hey DataHoarders,

I built a small linux CLI tool in Python called remap-badblocks. It scans a block device for bad sectors and creates a device-mapper that skips them. It also reserves extra space to remap future badblocks dynamically.

Useful if you want to keep using slightly-damaged drives without dealing with manual remapping.

Check it out:

GitLab: https://gitlab.com/Luigi-98/remap_badblocks
PyPI: pip install remap-badblocks

Would love feedback, bug reports, contributions, help shaping the roadmap or even rethinking everything all over again!

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