Unanswered Questions
6,622 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Are there alternatives to paid HDD data recovery on a semi-dead drive that actually work?
I need a file from a WD caviar 80 GB SATA hard drive. It doesn't show up in my computer. It's in disk management but you can't assign a drive letter. It says cyclic errors so i tried chkdsk but the ...
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What to do with these disks?
I've read this excellent question about how to deal with several disks of different sizes. Parasietje's accepted answer was great.
Two or three related questions :
Let's say I have three disks : 40 ...
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Hard Disk Drive has failed in all softwares, save for one, where it is perfectly, smoothly readable. What will resolve this?
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My HDD is (pretending to) fail. I tried a few types of recovery software, none of which seem to help.
Except for one. WinHex.
Proof. It views it perfectly.
I have no clue what hex editing ...
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After thunderstorm, monitor won't turn on
As a result of thunderstorm I had a power outage in my apartment. I had unplugged all the power cords of the computer during the storm but after the power came back the monitor wouldn't turn on.
I am ...
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Upgrading drive D that has program files
I am upgrading my D drive that has a lot of program files (I have an SSD as drive C and install all program files on D). I have installed the new drive (E) and copied everything over from D. Can I ...
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Disconnecting the data cable without dismounting
I know that cutting the electrical power to a whole disk (and specifically an encrypted one), without first dismounting it, can damage data.
How about disconnecting only the data cable? Is that safe? ...
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I had locked my server desktop hard disk D and E with protection of Bit Locker
I had locked my server desktop hard disk D and E with protection of Bit Locker using the uniform password for all the drives and the computers.
My computer technician had unplugged from the socket ...