@DeQuevedo
I have the same trouble with one of my drives. Lots of bad sectors, causing lots of boot up problems.
As already advised, make a backup copy of all the important stuff. Next, go into Aminet and search for a piece of freeware called 'WorseFormat'.
I found it solved all my bad sector troubles and lets me continue using the drive. How long for? Who knows?
Cheers.
JaXanim
http://waveguide.v21hosting.co.ukUse WorseFormat to reformat the drive. It will identify and place all the bad sectors together in a file called 'Bad' or something similar.