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In one embodiment, an apparatus includes means for determining whether an error correcting code (ECC) chunk is correctable using a repetition error correcting code. An apparatus, in another embodiment, includes means for deriving analog information from repeated messages of a repetition error correcting code in response to determining that an ECC chunk is uncorrectable using the repetition error correcting code. In a further embodiment, an apparatus includes means for determining whether an ECC chunk is correctable using a second error correcting code. Analog information, in certain embodiments, is used to inform a decoder for a second error correcting code.

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