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Originally posted by Jay Sea
think you mean IBSS(500), but why is that 500 instead of 100 all of a sudden? |
Yep, bad typing on my part. It is, of course, IBSS (Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner).
Why 500? Because the ring will contain between 2,500 and 3,500 consecutive bad sectors and the practical experience of numerous testers has shown that a sector step of 500 is close to the optimum both for speed of dumping and for likelihood of a successful copy.