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Accessing physical disk from VirtualBox: Access Denied
omg, i am so broken right now, spending way to much time trying to boot a usb drive, and cannot find any guide that works, this got me so close to making a raw drive to connect, and now i created a ...
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What happens if RAID 1 disks get desynchronized due to a power loss?
You'll get a different inconsistent value depending on which disk serviced the read operation.
You can perform a resync operation, but that is just as likely to replace the data on the good drive with ...
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Incorrect 'No space left on device' on Ubuntu and NTFS for rare directories and filenames
I used the ntfs3 module in one of the latest kernels (6.6.32-1 in Artix/Arch) instead of ntfs-3g 2022.10.3-1 and it worked. So it must be a bug in ntfs-3g.
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Can a massive MySQL data import on an SSD damage it?
It can write a surprising amount of data when importing an SQL file; Depending on how your indexes are optimized, how many indexes, how many rows, etc.
I would not rely on how modern a SSD is in order ...
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force stop pending sector reads on a WD drive
You can't really. You'd need to use an advanced disk cloner/imager that is designed to handle disks like this (bad sectors). An example of such a tool is HDDSuperClone.
Tools like HDDSuperClone and ...
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What does "spare capacity available: 99%" mean in a disk report?
A storage drive will set aside X% of its actual total capacity, and only advertise 100%-X of actual capacity as available. These blocks become the "spare sectors" that are used to "...
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How do I rename a SSD (NOT the label)?
Both SSDs probably use a controller from same manufacturer, use same reference design and reference firmware.
When SSD manufacturers buy controllers from for example Phison they also get the tools to ...
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How can I solve this DiskID conflict amongst my external disks?
The above answer works but the uniqueid needs to be in a certain format for GPT drives.
Check here for more information
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/...
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Can I delete Windows 7 on a hard drive and keep my stuff and then access it on a new Windows 7 on an ssd?
To make sure there is no confusion I recommend disconnecting the hard drive and connecting the new SSD to the first SATA port. Then after doing the new install of Windows attatch the hard drive to a ...
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How do you mount your physical hard drive to VirtualBox?
Assuming you already have VirtualBox installed, and a VM in it with an OS on it.
Make sure you install the extension pack for your current version of VirtualBox if you haven't previously done so. Also ...
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Can't read my user files from internal hard drive using USB 3.0 To SATA and IDE Cable
Ramhound's comment was correct. It was an ownership issue.
I followed the directions from Access User Folder Old Hard Drive to update the ownership. I also used Fix Enumerate Objects Error when I got ...
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Are those S.M.A.R.T. errors indicate some serious HDD health issues and should I suspect that those S.M.A.R.T. data are tampered?
I've just bought some used hard drive. Using smartctl tool, I found
that the Device Error Count value is 16566.
From ATA Spec:
"The Device Error Count field shall contain the total number of ...
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PC won't boot from drive when I select it, but if I select boot from file and specify GRUB it works
If I go to boot Menu in the bios and select the hdd manually it still just beeps and sends me back to the bios settings. But below the 2 hard drives there was an option boot from file and in that I ...
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Reallocated sector count & Secure Erase
Why do "Reallocated Sector Count" and relevant counts become zero
after Secure Erase? Does this mean that there are no real badblock and
it is due to incorrect reading of SMART?
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Reallocated sector count & Secure Erase
As opposed to Pending Sectors, which are going to be re-assessed on their next generic write operation, Reallocated Sectors are excluded from normal read/write operations, so they usually aren't re-...
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Old HDD not recognized by Windows
Since the disk is accessible, but not readable, you can try a few things.
If it's encrypted, e.g., with Bitlocker, connect the drive to the original PC and decrypt it, or, safer, just copy data ...
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How can I find out when an external hard drive was manufactured?
Most disks have the date of manufacture printed directly on the label. Look for any date or code that resembles a date format. Most common date formats are YYWW (Year, Week) and YYYY-MM (Year, Month).
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Fix a HDD that got bricked due to reboot during formatting
WD10SPZX is a (drive managed) SMR drive. In a way SMR drives work like SSD drives, in the sense that LBA addresses are translated to physical addresses using a 'translator'. think of it as a drive ...
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How to use an external hard drive as my main storage device which I can access/sync to my laptop like Google Drive?
I would recomend finding an unused computer you may have lying around, or purchasing a cheap computer online, installing a Linux distro (I would recomend Linux Mint or another Ubuntu derivative, ...
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Why screenshots are being saved in moved folder?
Try:
Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
Type regedit > press the Enter button > click the Yes option.
Go to Explorer in HKCU.
Right-click on it and new New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name it as ...
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Recovered Files from Deleted Partition Are Empty, How Can I Fix This?
Probably not.
First of all, partition deletion usually allows for 100% recovery (even in-place by editing partition tables). So fact you get an abnormal result makes me wonder if 'partition deletion' ...
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How to execute an Extended SMART self-test on a hard drive in Windows?
FWIW, this does not answer your question directly, however:
To test such a drive it may be a better idea to run a scan you can control and that allows you to see if there are issues with the drive (...
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Why screenshots are being saved in moved folder?
When you moved the pictures folder, you specified that your pictures folder is the on the D drive. Screenshots save to your pictures folder, so it is logical that it is saved in the D drive.
To solve ...
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How to set HDD spindown to 10 seconds when not in use?
Victoria for Windows allows you to do this.
Select drive > Click Service menu > Acoustic and Power. From there you can use Idle Timer slider.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/...
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When the storage device is formatted with NTFS, the file tunneling system does not work
As others have said in their answers, file system tunneling will be disabled if the 8.3 filename is disabled.
There is no official information, but Neal Christiansen (a Microsoft developer) announced ...
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Tried to do a complete system reset on my old laptop but later decided to swap out the hdd for a new one. Will this cause problems?
Install an empty drive into your laptop and install windows.
The "repair/recovery" is linked to the hard drive, so a new drive will remove the issues. Not to say you cant have issues, but ...
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External power for 3,5" HDD with USB-C charger
Your dock or adaptor would need to support USB PD - and USB C does not necessarily mean power delivery support.
Generally I've gotten 3.5 inch drives working either on docks with dedicated power ...
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Windows crashes when hard drive is loaded
i had the exact same problem, and it was driving me crazy. i was using this drive in bootcamp on the windows side with all these problems. but booting into the mac, it literally behaved as if nothing ...
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