Patent ID: 8760780

Claim:
A system for predicting sector failure on a magnetic storage disk, comprising: at least one magnetic storage disk having a plurality of sectors thereupon, the sectors selectively storing data, at least some of the sectors being adjacent to one another; at least one head configured to selectively access data stored on the plurality of sectors on the at least one magnetic storage disk; and at least one processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to at least: access data for data accesses by the head at individual sectors within the plurality of sectors; and determine a likelihood of failure of a first sector of the plurality of sectors without accessing data for data accesses by the head at the first sector, the likelihood determined based at least in part upon access of the head to a second sector within the plurality of sectors and a predicted relationship between failures in the first and second sectors and relative locations of the first and second sectors on the at least one magnetic storage disk.