On 10/28/2017 6:35 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Neil" wrote

| | I discovered the hard way that Win8.x disregards CHKDSK (!), and SMART
| | eventually killed the drive's boot sectors
| |

I don't understand. I very, very rarely run CHKDSK, so
I don't see why it should have a big effect.

Then, you have a few things to learn about.

| The issue I ran into is that bad sectors that should have been isolated
| by CHKDSK was disregarded by Win8.1 and kept writing to those sectors
| until it exceeded the SMART's track allocation space.
|
| Do
| you have any links to info that might be relevant?
|
| I'd suggest doing a search to find info that best fits your level of
| understanding of the hardware.

You have no corroborating docs for your
theory? Then how do you know that's what
happened?

I know what happened because it is not my "theory", and the "docs" I
used are not entry-level intros for those who haven't moved beyond XP.
I'm referring to something that happened to me over two years ago, so I
think it's best for you to do a search and pick the material that you
understand best, dependent on what it is that you really want to know,
because I am not even sure what that might be at this point.

--
best regards,

Neil