Dear Robert -

Please allow me to restructure this question... Trying to understand how we may differ and have advantages from other processes.

*Specifically, can claim 6 line (b) of patent 737 when marking bad segments under a read/write block logical format size....salvage the balance of the erase block(array) , or would the whole array be marked dead?

Respectfully, Tim

Hi, Tim,

''It's my understanding that the marking of defective memory segments is not limited to the whole array.''

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