Method for dynamically measuring computer disk error rates

Details Method for dynamically measuring computer disk error rates Method for dynamically measuring computer disk error rates

1991-11-19

1995-06-06

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

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371 51, G11C 2900

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054228905

ABSTRACT:
A dynamic testing method for determining disk drive error rates based on the number of bytes which are read from a hard disk drive during test. The method identifies specific faulting disk sectors and disk error types and maintains a log of the errors. The method also accumulates the total number of bytes which have been read from the disk and determines whether the disk under test has exceeded acceptable error rates based on the number of bytes read during the test. This permits the method to identify a disk drive as having failed its test prior to completion of the full disk drive test cycle.

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