Questions tagged [sectors]
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I Think I'm Due For A New HD (reallocated sectors)
My computer has been running crazy slow for quite awhile..I've done all the normal fixes I could dig up and even did a complete factory reset of the computer
Things were running better and now they ...
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Is it possible to remove sectors from a disk?
My question is a simple one, I think, but I could not find an answer on the internet (2h search time...): I want to remove to concept of sectors from one of my hdds?
If you think, this question is ...
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Determine sector-size of a drive
I know usually the sector size is 512 B but some drives use 4 KiB (advanced format).
How can I check which one is used by a drive? Is the sector size somewhere stored on the drive - e.g. in the MBR ...
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What is the "write page" size of a WDS200T2B0A/WDS200T2B0B?
Does anyone know the write page¹ size of a Western Digital Blue SATA SSD (model numbers WDS200T2B0A or WDS200T2B0B)?
I contacted WD support and they're claiming it is 512B, but most information I've ...
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Is it possible to fix number of sectors in the USB enclosure?
I have a LUKS-encrypted external USB hard drive (1TB HGST Touro S). If I put the drive into the new USB enclosure, it reduces the number of sectors by 1 and I cannot mount the filesystem anymore.
Is ...
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How to spot or match the specific sector of the DVD disc in the movie?
I've been checking the condition of DVD discs with VSO Inspector.
Most of time, it doesn't show any errors on the discs. However, when there's an error on a disc, sometimes it shows that there's an ...
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Why the different arc length sector have the same size data capacity?
The sector-A and sector-B, the arc length are different, but they representing data capacity are same, such as 512KB.
you see, whether the different cylinder sector's density is different?
and if we ...
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Converting Logical sector to CHS tuple on an SSD
I'm getting myself used to x86 assembly, so I figured I'd start with some 16-bit programs. To test myself, I'm creating a program that will load data off a disk, copy it to memory, and then use it for ...
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GPT PMBR Size Mismatch will be corrected by w(rite)
Linux gives error "GPT PMBR size mismatch will be corrected by w(rite)."
The error message is far from self-explanatory. Does this mean that Linux will (attempt to) resize the GPT partition ...
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Reading a file using LBA addressing
Is it possible to read/execute files/programs using the LBA addressing rather than the file system location?
For example can I execute /bin/sh using the LBA sector locations of it obtained using ...
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How do I determine what is the best block size for a 960 PRO M.2?
I have a Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO M.2.
I was in the process of installing Gentoo on it. gparted notified me that the physical block size, is different than what the kernel reports. I thought the ...
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Block defective RAM sectors [duplicate]
How do I find defective RAM sectors and where?
I have tried memtest, but where it does describe the sectors (if).
And how to solve them exactly. First, i have tried this : https://thecomputerperson....
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Bad sectors in RAM, fixed or not?
So I have blocked some bad memory range from RAM memory.
My Question is the next one, I have done it right?
Here you have the info:
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set badmemorylist 0xFC 0xFD 0xFE ...
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Is it possible for the filesystem's logical block size to be less than the physical sector size?
Let's say we have a block device (eg. Hard Drive) with 4096 bytes sector size and no 512 bytes emulation is available (The hard drive only understands units of 4096 bytes size).
Is is possible to ...
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What actually happens with the hard drive when we resize(shrink, extend) partitions?
I have a hard drive with 4 partitions(c,d,e,f) and I want to shrink partition (e) and then extend partition (c) with the shrunk free space. What will happen with the hard drive? Will the Cylinders/...
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