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Hi all, I had a few questions I was hoping someone could answer. * Why was the Write Verify command removed from the specification in ATA/ATAPI-4? * ATA drives reassign bad blocks internally. * Any ideas for how many sectors are reserved, by the drive, for reassignment? * Any ideas concerning the frequency with which drives must perform a reassignment? * Since reassign is done internally, how do ATA drives detect/record ECC errors? Do the drives check on every write? * When the drives reassignment pool has been exhausted, what is the reporting mechanism back to the device on the next subsequent bad block? I greatly appreciate any information you may have. Thanks for your time. Regards, Nathan Marushak Senior Software Engineer intel* Corporation I/O & Bridges Division WORK: 480.554.0934 PAGER: 888.650.4273 EMAIL PAGE: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
