IBM Deathstar Hell

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Taylor
> 
> 
> 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.
True. Almost all drives have bad sector straight out of the factory.
I know I used to build them for IBM many, many years ago.
But the IDE drives have firmware that manages the bad sector table
and you should ****never*** ***ever*** see an IDE drive report a 
single bad sector. That's why it's called "Intelligent Drive Electronics".
When they do it is an indication the drive is failing, because the firmware
can no longer manage the bad sectors. Period.
 
Brian