OK, so you know your HDD is corrupted, and you now have to take the site down to recover from backup, which is also old, so there will be data missing. Compared

OK, so you know your HDD is corrupted, and you now have to take the site down to recover from backup, which is also old, so there will be data missing. Compared to if the FS can just fix itself. Sometimes not knowing can be a bliss though. :P