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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows |
| Subject | Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother |
| Date | 2024-10-26 15:56 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <019vukx6n2.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
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On 2024-10-26 12:10, Arno Welzel wrote: > Harry S Robins, 2024-10-24 20:00: > > [...] >> If a Windows full format doesn't fix bad sectors, what does it do to them? > > It will verify every data block, so "bad" blocks can get recorded so > they don't get used any longer. > >> I always thought a format put a "jumper" so that bad sectors were ignored. > > Yes - but this depends on the medium used. Flash storage media like SSDs > have their own controller which does bad block mapping on their own and > use spare blocks (usually a few percent of the capacity are reserved for > this) as substitute for defect ones. However SD cards are quite "dumb" > and 100% of the capacity is used for data - so bad blocks need to be > recorded as part of the filesystem during "long" formatting. I seem to recall that the old MsDOS chkdisk (not sure of the name) could mark bad sectors on floppies and such. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-23 21:54 +0000
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 03:20 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-24 16:12 +0200
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 13:20 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> - 2024-10-24 13:00 -0500
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:12 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 12:10 +0200
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-26 15:56 +0200
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-26 14:09 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-28 16:53 +0100
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-01 09:19 +0100
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:33 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:15 +0000
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:42 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:35 +0000
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:35 -0400
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-25 18:41 +0000
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 06:26 +0000
Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 13:56 +0000
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