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How bad is my ssd disk?
Eventually I get very long boot times. Some times I have to re-install some programs because of segmentation fault. So I found my ssd disk, which is 12 months old, have some problems as seen in this ...
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ddrescue rescued “0 B” under current status?
ddrescue rescued "0 B" under current status?
Here is a picture of the screen showing 0 bytes rescued and with /dev/sda messages on the side (are they error messages?):
http://imgur.com/dKM9n/
There ...
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Is this Hard Drive dead?
Okay, so I have a hard drive which I have run into problems with. I am dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.
Recently I have been getting random crashes in both Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but much more ...
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Windows detected a hard disk failure* - what should I do?
I'm using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, I'm getting windows error popups like this one for about 3 days, multiple times a day:
This Samsung SpinPoint F3 HD502HJ 500 GB is about 2 years old and I already ...
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Does a Samsung G3 Station external hard drive stop working when power supply is too high?
I have a Samsung G3 Station 2TB external hard drive (link to PDF specs here). It was working perfectly when I accidentally plugged it in my notebook's power source. Now, it doesn't work even with the ...
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HDD reporting failure, how to repair
How can I replace the bad sector's on my HDD drive? I have Toshiba HDD in my laptop.
I have run the HD Tune Pro and It says I have:2027 replaced damaged sectors.
I have run tests and it says there is ...
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Repair corrupt hard disk on Mac without install CD
The hard disk of my late 2009 MacBook Pro appears to have become corrupted. I am traveling and do not have my install CD (and won't for several weeks, nor will I be anywhere near an Apple store).
The ...
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External Drive Having Issues… Best Diagnostic Hard Drive Checking Tool for OS X Lion?
I have a WD Elements drive that I use for Time Machine backups, I used Disk Utility to verify the disk, it found errors and I tried repairing it, which failed, so I reformatted the drive and it ...
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Can drive encryption cause faster drive failure?
For about the past two years I've used TrueCrypt to encrypt my entire hard drive. During this time I've had a complete hard drive failure (data unrecoverable, had to RMA the drive) twice. I've never ...
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External HDD Failure: Fell on the ground and now only beeps
My 3,5" portable drive fall on the ground from 40-50cm high.
I connected USB cable to computer. It ran (I heard rotation sound), but the disk not shown under My Computer.
Then disconnected it. While ...
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SSD testing equivalent of Memtest for RAM?
How does one check if their SSD is failing? I randomly started getting BSOD's for memory and storage related issues... memtest checked out fine, how can I test to see if the SSD might be the culprit?
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Beeping hard disk in a multiple hard disk configuration
I've been hearing a continuous beeping sound coming from my hard disk. The problem is, I have 2 hard disks and I'm not sure which one it was.
My primary hard disk is WD 250gb and the second one is a ...
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Mean Time to Failure (MTTF): When disk manufacturers post this, how should you interpret their numbers?
Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) is usually given in terms of hours, and by doing some calculations, it seems that a disk should fail only after a good number of years have gone by.
It seems that disks ...
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Unix Utility to Constantly Read and Write Disk to Kill Clicking Drive?
One of my hard drives is slowing down and makes intermittent clicking noises. I'm pretty sure it's about to die and have backed up all it's contents. Is there some hard drive stressing utility or ...
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My harddrive failed SMART check and short drive self test. What should I do?
I used SeaTools for Windows to test my harddrive and i failed the S.M.A.R.T check and Short Drive Self Test.
What's wrong with my hard drive?
Is it a big problem? Do I need to do anything to solve ...
