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In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ formatting which sets aside spare sectors not visible to the operating system.

a.

destroyed blocks, high level formatting

b.

bad blocks, partitioning

c.

bad blocks, low level formatting

d.

destroyed blocks, partitioning

Answer: (c).bad blocks, low level formatting

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