Bad sectors, S.M.A.R.T., SpinRite, firmware on platter and drive id questions.
- by Christopher Galpin
Is it possible for S.M.A.R.T. to give false readings (say I was fiddling with lots of recovery programs, transfers, so on and so forth) or is it absolutely a read-only direct correlation to the physical status of a drive?
Does SpinRite level 5 "recover bad sectors" operate on those marked at the factory? Are they on the same level as your generic…