Re: bad blocks found but SMART reports zero reallocated sectors
- From: "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply-to@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:18:09 +0100
"IronFelix" <annenk38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1l5lt1tnncqiag0bueqfrnvcgauhv54b6a@xxxxxxx
> This is a bit puzzling: I have two 160G ATA drives is soft RAID0
> under Windows XP with 4k stipe.
> Both have SMART enabled, and both report 0 reallocated sectors.
> But
No, that is why.
> chkdsk /r/x found and reported 4k in bad blocks.
(actually that is badblocks in 4k )
So they aren't reallocated yet.
If they were, chkdsk obviously wouldn't be able to find them.
> Do ATA drives reallocate bad sectors automatically,
Only on writes.
Only not yet bad sectors are automatically reassigned on reads.
> or do I need to scan both with manufacturer's (Samsung) utility?
Depends on how smart it is.
If it can single out only the bad sectors and write over them, then sure.
> Thanks.
.
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