Re: Why are bad disk sectors numbered strangely, and what happens to them?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > That sector may have gone bad in the next few minutes.  Unlikely, but possible.
> 
> I think you mean that the replacement sector might have gone bad in the
> minutes after the reallocation.  Unlikely but possible, yes.  I guess I will

Well, if your drive is overheated (for example), it is likely to kill
spare sector, too. [I've seen something like that here.]

									Pavel
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