NTFS; marking sectors bad using Linux
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I have a massive ZFS array on my fileserver. Whenever a disk reports bad sectors to smartmon, I order a replacement, and I shelve the failing one. And by "shelving the failing one", I mean that I give it a low-level format if applicable, or a destructive badblocks run to possible claim spare sector…
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To mark sectors as bad on an NTFS filesystem requires modification and knowledge of the hidden "$BadClus" file. I'm not sure of a Linux utility capable of editing that file. I was under the impression that a non-quick NTFS format would scan the hard…
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