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Any way to tweak Windows' kernels or drives to handle I/O and reduce or eliminate hangs with failing drives?
I frequently work with failing hard drives for data recovery and various tasks. These tasks are usually short lived in nature, but important. The way Windows seems to handle any failing drive that's ...
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NTFS seagate ST31000528AS drive can be accessed from various linux distributions but not from Windows
This a windows 7 NTFS system drive that stopped booting windows.When seen from a windows repair boot DVD it appears as RAW.Seagate diagnostics (Seatools) Fails at 10% of simple diagnostics.BUT various ...
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Booted into black screen with a flashing under score
I am having a problem with my computer, a black screen with a flashing under score.
I was updating my system yesterday, then I let it update for awhile to complete and then switch it off. After ...
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Get number of reallocated sectors on harddrive without S.M.A.R.T
Is that possible? There is no S.M.A.R.T. information retrievable (used HD Tune to check that).
The background is that I want to check if the number of reallocated sectors on the harddrive changes ...
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