Subject
Computer Science
Topic
Computer Fundamental
What is a bad sector/block?
What is a bad sector/block?
a)
A valid partition entryb)
A memory registerc)
A storage location that can no longer reliably store or return datad)
A CPU cache hitExplanation
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