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What does "spare capacity available: 99%" mean in a disk report?
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What does "spare capacity available: 99%" mean in a disk report?
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Effect of HDD age on disk failure
I've got an old 1TB Seagate external drive I've been using to backup a laptop for years. The disk started making a periodic noise this morning approx. every second. It's softer than I'd describe as a ...
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Can a PSU outage cause a Mechanical Start Failure on a S.M.A.R.T. drive?
Recently, my PSU crunched out on me and I had to replace it. The drive in question was running at the time, and during an attempt at start up afterwards (during which the PSU did not output enough ...
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Software is showing that my hard disk has 3 days to live. Can I repair it?
Hard Disk Sentinel is showing that my hard disk has 3 days to live. Can I repair it?
This is what I got after a disk check from Windows:
Any ideas?
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HDD S.M.A.R.T. information
Hello. Yesterday I was trying to install a program, when it got stuck. Afterwards, I saw a notice from Windows saying I should back up my data. I know if S.M.A.R.T. tells you something is wrong, then ...
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