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[ BC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > On a typical parallel ATA Hard Drive, what mechanism is used to begin > the re-allocation of defective sectors. At one time I heard that a > simple write the the affected area would cause the firmware to begin > the re-allocation sequence. However I have tried this and it does not > seem to work. Me, I haven't studied this much, but I've never seen an ATA HDD fail this test until the disk locked inside starts to die. Can you easily tell us more about the history of the sample drives you tried? Pat LaVarre
