for example, if i have a HD w/ bad clusters on it...and then i tried to copy
or backup the files to another HD, is there a risk of getting my second HD
some bad clusters too?
tia
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>I'm not sure how big the risks are, as we know, when an HD has a bad
>cluster, it tends to grow after some time, I do doubt if the same thing
>happens with memory, does the bad memory pages grow after sometime? Who
>knows? Usually we replace the memory when there's a single bit that's not
>working properly.
>
>regards/
>Jerome Tan
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Orlando Andico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [plug] bad RAM
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>
>> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Jerome Tan wrote:
>> ..
>> > Has anyone tried using bad RAMs on Linux system and use the patch of the
>> > kernel that avoid bad addresses? I'm thinking of reusing old defective
>> > RAMs...
>>
>> Maybe for a test box.. but I wouldn't use it on a production system. And
>> by definition, my desktop is a "production" system -- it's just as
>> upsetting to lose my latest work as for clients to lose theirs.
>>
>>
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