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Network - Bad-Block Revectoring

In data protection, the process by which material written to a defective area of the hard disk is retrieved and rewritten to a different, nondefective area of storage. The defective area is identified as such in a bad block table, so that future writes will not be made to the area. Bad-block revectoring is known as a Hot Fix in Novell's NetWare. BACKUP TIPS n Keep multiple copies of backups; redundancy should be a part of your backup plan. n Test your backups to make sure that they are what you think they are. n Store your backups in a secure, off-site location. n Replace your backup media on a regular basis. n Consider making incremental backups of critical data at more frequent intervals.