IBM Deathstar Hell

[A Duston]

Paul Taylor wrote:
> 
> Bad sectors happen to magnetic drives and is no indication the drive is
> faulty unless they fail often or a lot. IDE, SCSI, or SATA is not
> relevant. The material most companies use for magnetic platters decay.
> External environmental factors can increase the chances of decay or
> outright destroy the magnetic properties hence all the advice on
> how-to-kill the drive.

Right, but my understanding is that these will be remapped inside the drive
itself, and never be reported outside of it.  If you are getting a reported
bad sector that would in fact indicate that the drive is faulty indeed.

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Hal