Programming dummy data or performing flash write on partially programmed memory blocks of virtual blocks

A system comprising:

• a controller to:
• detect an event associated with a virtual block,
• wherein the event includes at least one of:
• a program error on a physical block of the virtual block,
• a read error on the physical block, or
• a power cycle of a storage device that includes the virtual block;
• determine whether the virtual block is in an open state;
• program data on the virtual block, prior to performing an erase operation on the virtual block, when the virtual block is in the open state;
• and
• perform the erase operation on the virtual block, without programming the data on the virtual block, when the virtual block is not in the open state.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a controller, cause the controller to:
• detect an event associated with a first virtual block,
• wherein the event includes at least one of:
• a program error on a physical block of the first virtual block,
• a read error on the physical block, or
• a power cycle of a storage device that includes the first virtual block;
• program user data stored in the first virtual block onto a second virtual block based on detecting the event;
• and
• program data on the first virtual block, prior to performing an erase operation on the first virtual block, when the first virtual block is in an open state.