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Number   :  2684
Date     :  2002-08-20
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Unmovable Sectors and XXcopy
Size(KB) :  1



It's hard to day. But, I imagine if some cluster (a collection
of sectors which is treated as one allocation unit) is
reserved by some software components for purposes other than
part of a regular file, copying regular files would not touch
the area, and therefore the answer is no for that particular cluster.

On the other hand, if those sectors are marked "red" for
a cluster which belong to a special file whatever that might
be, then, as long as the file is readable by XXCOPY using
the standard file I/O API method, the contents of the
marked cluster will be successfully copied. Since I am not
familiar with the exact criteria which is used for making
it red, I cannot tell one way or the other.

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2002-08-19 18:39, you wrote:
>JUst out of curiosity - doers anyone understand how XXCOPY handles
>those sectors which cannot be moved on the original hard disk when it
>makes a copy?? I means the ones you see during defrag with the red
>stripe thru them (legend says they are areas that cannot be moved.
>
>Thank You - Bob



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