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Subject: bad sector scanning
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my laptop makes occasional 'thwock' sounds, as if it is recalibrating the
arm from a bad sector.  i run bad144 -sv, and hear thwocking as it scans, 
but no bad sectors are reported.  my guess is that soft recovery is working
too well.  anyone been here before or have other sound advice?

randy


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