1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: identifying an unrecoverable encoded data slice of a data segment stored in a set of DSN storage units, where a region of a data object includes a plurality of data segments, and where the plurality of data segments includes the data segment; determining whether the data segment is recoverable; and when recoverable, salvaging the region by indicating that the region has corruption, updating a directory and replacing the data segment with filler data; and when not recoverable, not salvaging the region by indicating that the region has been eliminated.