Some bad sectors my harddrive is keeping

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So I am checking my hard drive, and there are some bad sectors I am not getting rid of since about 10 hours. It's an external HDD, if it is any important for the diagnose. The test is running since nearly 24 hours. I am fixing it with the disk utility in Debian 7. Does this mean the bad sectors I am not able to finish are physical damage? The test is still running, not sure if I should cancel. Thanks for the input.

 

Here are some pictures I took, with the in-tels of the process:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/ddqea8titrjzd4v/Screenshot_from_2013-11-08_21%3A17%3A58.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/669mg4t52ng1zn7/Screenshot_from_2013-11-08_21%3A18%3A31.png

http://www.mediafire.com/view/slbzbmp9obtmy11/Screenshot_from_2013-11-08_21%3A18%3A34.png

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Those aren't fixable. I would get your data off right now. When the Reallocated sector comes up, those sectors are permanently damaged. You might be able to use HD Re-generator to fix some of those bad sectors. Just enough to get the data off that hard drive.

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It will take some time until I can get a new internal hard drive, does it look like it is going to break 100% sure in a year? Or is it the probability in general that raised dramatically because of these sectors? I will be able to secure the most important files.

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jump ship asap! get the data you can and run.

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Its not going to break a 100%, but more bad sectors will come eventually. How long have you had the drive?

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pretty straight forward. Thanks.

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Yeah, it may not break 100%, but that 2% will break a lot of software and storage.

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2-3 years... And windows gives it's: "somethings wrong with your drive" statement.

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yea,. that means that drive is slowly failing

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Yeah. The chance of software corruption will get it eventually. I will do what I can, (ex. save what I can now, and get a new internal harddrive as quick as possible.) Sidequestion: Do external harddrives break faster than internal harddrives? It seems like it to me, because I see internal harddrives fail more seldomly. (maybe if a PSU kills itself with the system...)

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I meant the probability to not recover the HDD's data. I want rather ASAP then a probable FUBAR later. Thanks.

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They are inherently the same thing, but externals get bounced around and dropped more often. So, yes. On average they fail more often.

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That's it. The only persons that will get their hands on my drives, no matter external, or internal will be people I know who will look at it really good, or me.

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alright. Thank you.