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Re:IBM 360 in UK need a home by nottorp on Sunday March 17, 2024 @08:36AM (#39734053)
I don't think modern hdd bad blocks work this way.

Look at the SMART property "reallocated sector count", which was there before SSDs.

They have firmware and spare capacity just like SSDs. When you do get a bad block it means they ran out of spare space.

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