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Systems and methods for host-assisted storage device error correction are described. A host may first encode host data with a forward error correction code (ECC) and send the encoded host data to the storage device. The storage device may further encode the host data using its own ECC. The host may also provide the forward ECC parity information to be stored on the storage device in a different location than the host data. When the host data is read by the storage device, the storage device will decode with its ECC. If the storage device ECC decode is incomplete and the bit error rate is below the recoverable error threshold of the forward error correction, the partially-recovered host data will be sent to the host. The host will complete decode using the forward ECC and parity data. Forward ECC may be selectively applied to important host data.
