On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Michal Bukovjan wrote: > > > Not really, as I recently found the hard way on my IBM DTLA-xxx 60GB. ....another victim of this IBM series. It is done in the hardware, untill you reach a certain maximum (no backup sectors are available anymore for the bad ones).
That said, the problem with these hdd series is a bit strange. I wonder if the sectors are really bad. A low level format often cures it. But with time the bad sectors return again. Danny
