Definition: Access Time


The amount of time, including seek time, latency and controller time, needed for a storage device to retrieve information.




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Corrupt copy

Sometimes while transferring data from a damaged disk, the damaged disk releases the expected amount of raw data but in a seemingly random order. Such a copy is worthless. The problem is due to a physically damaged disk, which causes errors in the location/addressing information.

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