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I have a laptop running Windows XP Pro. &nbsp; The event viewer shows there are bad blocks on the drive. &nbsp;I want to understand the bad block table.<br />
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Tell me more about the bad block table. &nbsp;For example:<br />
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;under what conditions can data be written to a bad block once it is identified?<br />
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- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a file occupies a bad block, can it be deleted? &nbsp; Will that mean other data can be written to the spot with the bad block?<br />
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I have a laptop running Windows XP Pro.   The event viewer shows there are bad blocks on the drive.  I want to understand the bad block table.

My question:  

Tell me more about the bad block table.  For example:
-	under what conditions can data be written to a bad block once it is identified?

-	If a file occupies a bad block, can it be deleted?   Will that mean other data can be written to the spot with the bad block?

 


Bad Block table

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.