Hi Ben,
If you value your time AT ALL, you will get another HDD that's bigger than what's installed. You'll move to the new HDD following instructions that are widely available.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=linux+hard+drive+upgrade+ho...
Then, you'll throw away that old HDD before it kills you or your client base. A bad HDD is just not worth it. I generally have 5-10 used HDDs laying around, to be used for whatever. But saving data is a higher purpose than any other in a computer - and if that's questionable, the entire computer loses its value almost immediately.
I never hang onto a questionable drive.
NEVER.
-Ben
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
- XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978
Thanks for your advice.. the new hdd is schedule to arrived today, I'll check the link and hopefully I could get rid of the old one by today.. lot of work to do.. anyway thank you very much to all for the advice..
Regards, ijez