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Hard drives & other PC storage devices.
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seagate drrive sector issue
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Guys I will obtain one of these drives: [link] The spec shuet, under organization. says it is able to run in 520B sector mode in SAS. Do you know of any controller I can buy that will run in a mode that is not 512 B sector, 520 or 520 B preferrably.... more »
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Seagate FreeAgent Go 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive Comments?
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Hello! Does anyone here use this external HDD? If so, then do you like it? It seems overall ratings and reviews on both Amazon and NewEgg are positive/decent, but I noticed some negative ones like getting refurbished ones when RMA'ed (also a pain in the butt to do) under its five years warranty, dying early, reformatting cause drive to fail... more »
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Mess up copies if use XP application?
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I use Windows XP and I have these partitions: C contains the XP system. D contains data E is empty I usually need to copy approx 10GB from D to E. I want the data to be stored on E as unfragmented as possible. Would running an application on C at the same time somehow mess up the copy of data from D to E in such a way as to make the data on E... more »
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Lower Cost Data Recovery Services
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Can the regulars here recommend a reputable but lower cost hard drive recovery service in the US? Kroll probably does the best work, but their quote for an 80GB drive started at $600. For example, does [link] do a reasonable job for $169, if their Google ad is correct? Any other recommendations?... more »
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Hard Drive Geometry 101
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Hi Folks, I am hoping some kind people on this NG could help me better understand HDD Geometry. Dont get me wrong I have done some googling, and read some wiki's - but some parts are still very blurry. I have also used the man command since most of what I am doing is in linux. Most of my questions have been brought about by various LInux tools I... more »
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Crashed Maxtor Drive - Ideas?
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The 80GB Maxtor drive on my friend's XP SP3 computer crashed. There was a power flicker, and the power to the machine was interrupted. (It was at that point he learned that his UPS had died, or either it crashed at the same time since he regularly tests it.) 1. SpinRite doesn't get past 0%. It hangs at the beginning of the drive,... more »
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ALWAYS close USB flash drive before removing?
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Do I always need to close or stop a USB flash drive before I remove it? I'm using XP. In XP's Device Manager there is an entry for Disk Drives and when I look at the Policies tab for the flash drive, it says: "Optimized For Quick Removal. This setting enables write caching on the disk and in Windows, so you can... more »
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How come advanced DLGDiag test passed and S.M.A.R.T. failed
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Hi, I ran DLGDiag on my internal WD2500JB hd. The result aren't learcut. My disk failed SMART but passed Advanced tests. What does it mean? Should I keep the hd or get rid of it? If keep, can anything be done about the failong smart test? Ran
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Getting a hard drive for a Aptiva?
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So, my Personal Trainer's husband (who actually worked at IBM for about 20 years!) gave me a aptiva he owned as a birthday gift (i love retrocomputing...okay, calling '95 machines retrocomputers is kind-of pushing it), but he got rid of the hard drive a while ago. i can't seem to find out what model it is, but do most aptivas use the same... more »
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Free Space/Used Space = 0
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Ok, I just got home from work and I am being asked to work on my moms computer. The PC starts loading windows XP and then restarting(it just gets to the windows XP screen). When i connect the drive to my PC to scan it, it says done right away. The hard drive is showing that there is 0 bytes free, and 0 bytes used will I pull up the properties.... more »
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