Why can data be recovered after formatting?
Question: If a quick format just marks bits as writable, and a normal format writes 0s to the entire disk, why do people bother with DBAN, and why are multiple…
Seagate ST31000333AS
ST31000333AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST31000333AS Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s 32MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All…
How to copy files while not modifying the file creation times at all?
Question: How to copy files while not modifying the file creation times at all? Just like the cut and paste works: it doesn’t modify the file creation times at all.…
Seagate ST31000322CS
ST31000322CS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST31000322CS Seagate Pipeline HD ST31000322CS 1 TB 3.5 Internal Hard Drive SATA/300 5900 rpm…
In chkdsk, what is an online scan?
Question: Running Windows 8.0 Pro, chkdsk has a /scan option that Runs a online scan on the volume (sic). What is an online scan? My guess is that it runs…
Seagate ST1000VX003
ST1000VX003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST1000VX003 Seagate Surveillance 1TB 5900RPM 3.5-inch SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive. All…
Unable to Write Zeros to Bad Sectors/Hard Disk Not Counting Reallocated Sectors
Question: I have a drive that is reporting that the current pending sectors is “45”. I have used badblocks to identify the sectors and I have been trying to write…
Seagate ST1000VX001
ST1000VX001 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST1000VX001 Seagate Surveillance 1TB 5900RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive. All…
Avoid HDD spinup at boot
Question: Is there any way to avoid specific HDDs from spinning up at boot time? There are 3 HDDs in my HTPC (Ubuntu 12.10) and 1 SSD (boot drive). I…
Seagate ST1000VX000
ST1000VX000 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST1000VX000 Seagate SV35 Series 1TB 7200RPM 3.5-inch SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive.…