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bad sector

A segment of disk storage that cannot be read or written because of a physical problem in the disk. Bad sectors on hard disks are marked by the operating system and bypassed. If data are recorded in a sector that becomes bad, file recovery software, and sometimes special hardware, must be used to restore it.

bad sector [‚bad ′sek·tər]

(computer science)

An area of disk storage that does not record data reliably and therefore is not used.

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No references found			Cause This error could prominently occur due to one of the following reasons: Partition is infected from bad sectors or disk errors Partition table is partially or completely corrupted. Windows Partitions Inaccessible with Incorrect Parameter Error by k madhav / Computers and Internet community Data misplaced in bad sectors of storage media and MFT/MBR tables also recovers back via latest version of NTFS data rescue utility. Restore NTFS Partition Data by drtrsub / Biological sciences community Following figure illustrates how the shadow section is created in the process of disk array recovery in the RAID 5 composed of 4 hard disks: Generally speaking, in the process of disk array recovery all sectors of the remnant hard disks will be read from top to bottom, that is to say all bad sectors in these hard disks will be found and accordingly create corresponding "shadow sections". Improving data availability with RAID 6 by Chien, Hammer / Computer Technology Review			Baculoviridae Baculovirus baculum BAD Bad Blankenburg bad branch bad break Bad command or file name Bad Durkheim Wurstmarkt Bad Elster Bad Ems bad font Bad Frankenhausen Bad Godesberg Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Ischl Bad Kissingen Bad Kreuznach Bad Langensalza Bad Liebenstein Bad Nauheim bad page break bad pixel Bad Reichenhall Bad Schandau bad sector Bad Thing bad top bad track bad track table Bad Wildungen Bada Bada Shanren Badaev, Aleksei Badaev, Aleksei Egorovich Badaev, Semen Badaev, Semen Ivanovich Badagri Badajoz Badakhshan Badakhshoni Soveti Badalona Badarian Culture baddeleyite Bade Bade, Josse Badeau, John S. Baden Baden Culture Baden School Baden-Baden			Bad pr Bad pr Bad pr Bad Publicity Bad Ragaz Ring Method Bad Register Bad Reichenhall Bad Religion bad reporting Bad Reputation bad repute Bad Request bad review Bad Risk Bad Risk File Bad Risk Files Bad Risk List Bad Risk Lists Bad Risks Bad River Natural Resources Department Bad River Tribal Transit Bad Saarow Bridge Club bad sailor bad sailor bad sailor bad sailors bad sailors bad sailors Bad Schandau Bad science bad sector Bad sector (computers) Bad sectors bad service and potential assault charges bad show! bad show! bad show! bad show! Bad Simple English Bad taste Bad taste Bad taste (disambiguation) Bad Taste (film) Bad Taste Bear bad temper Bad Temperament Bad tendency test Bad tendency test Bad thing Bad Times Bad title Bad Titles Bad to the Bone bad top Bad touch Bad touch Bad touch bad track bad track table bad treatment Bad trip

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