If a Few Bits in an HDD Sector or NVM

question 32

Multiple Choice

If a few bits in an HDD sector or NVM page are corrupted, the controller can recover the correct values using ECC only if

• A) the bit corruption is limited to the data portion of the sector/page.
• B) the bit corruption hasn't occurred in the ECC of the sector/page.
• C) the bit corruption hasn't occurred in the ECC or the header of the sector/page.
• D) number of bits corrupted is low irrespective of where the corruption occurs in the sector/page.

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