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Storage space with 2 new SSD disks failure after 2 months, how to recover the data back?
I am not sure what happened but after simple reboot the P: drive was not there.
At the beginning both disk where showing OK, but with the ERROR on the pool.
I did some tests and after that one start ...
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Data Storage Volume (e.g. HDD) - physical representation, volume and file system [closed]
My primary questions are: what exactly is a volume on a byte level, as opposed to partition or file system? What does it look like in binary? Can I open an HDD (raw) and find volume data structure ...
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Does encrypting full drive with BitLocker secure-wipe the drive?
Say I have a storage device that I want to use with my Windows 10 machine. I have some sensitive data on the drive and I would like to wipe the drive before using it. Normally I just use dd to fill ...
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Windows Storage Spaces folder disappers after copying into it
I created a new Windows 10 ReFS Storage Spaces drive with two brand new 4TB HDD-s (as mirrors). I filled the space with lots of data. Everything worked as expected.
I tried to copy one file by using ...
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Surface Test of a hard drive? (Easeus Partition Manager)
I am building a NAS/home server, so I bought new WD Red Pro hard drives (18 TB), and the store didn't package them very well during shipment, so I decided to test the Hard Drives for bad sectors. They ...
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I wiped all my most important data stored in Microsoft StorageSpaces due to a PowerShell copy/paste error. It formatted every volume! What can I do?
In Powershell ISE I meant to paste the drive letter D into the Command Browser argument for FormatDisk. But apparently the drive letter never got copied so it pasted New-VirtualDisk instead. I then ...
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Does encrypting a partition prevent data recovery?
When a partition on a drive is not encrypted, and a file is accidentally deleted, it is relatively easy to restore the data. This is because, for most file systems, a delete operation simply marks ...
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How can I view the personal files on my laptop SSD?
Last year my laptop stopped working and I had to revert to my old laptop I had lying around in the wardrobe. Finally In the last couple of weeks I ordered a SATA to USB 3.0 adapter so that I can ...
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Directory is not accessible: the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
I have studied this post and that one which are about a whole device being corrupt. But in my case, only a single directory is corrupt:
I'm using TestDisk to scan/repair the specific directory. It is ...
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How to check content of a Bitlocker encrypted disk remotely without unlocking it on host computer
I recently lost some of the data and the backup disk is at my home. At this point, I only want to check if the backup disk contains a specific directory or not.
My family member is not too technical, ...
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External HDD making clicking noise and not being recognized
I have WD Passport external HDD and yesterday, when I was transferring some photos to it, the transfer suddenly stopped. I thought nothing of it, retried a few times - nothing. So I restarted my PC ...
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Data retention on storage devices?
Is there any official table out there that shows how many years can a storage device retain data before it becomes unreadable?
Storage devices: USB memory sticks, classic hard drives, SSDs, optical ...
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View all USB Drive contents at once
I have a corrupt DOCX file on my USB drive. Looking at the raw code of the corrupted file, the text has nothing at all to do with the file that it should have been. It's text from a file that was on ...
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How much time until an unused hard drive loses its data?
Do you guys know how much time needs to pass until the data stored on a hard drive starts to degrade?
To keep the data intact for long periods of time, I heard you need to periodically rewrite it on ...
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How do I recover lost/inaccessible data from my storage device?
What steps can I take to try to recover lost or inaccessible data from any storage device?
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This applies to any computer storage device, e.g. internal/external hard drives, USB sticks, flash ...