On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings, > I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and > 129 bad sectors. > How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re-mapped sector? > Did the HD have only 1 spare sector when I purchased it? > Is that possible? > Drive was purchased brand new in factory sealed box. I expect the smart data is reporting sectors marked bad in testing and formatting up before it was sold. All media has some bad sectors that are never used. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines