SMART-status: reallocated_sector_ct FAILING_NOW
Question: On my HDD which I’ve put in my Synoglogy NAS DS207+ I see this SMART-status: Is there any way to fix or circumvent this issue? Is there any way…
2 identical PCs – can I swap a single hard drive between and expect Windows 7/XP to work?
Question: I currently work in 2 different locations, traveling between the 2 every few weeks or so. I currently have screens, kb, mouse etc… in both locations, so I just…
Does multi-platter hard-drive use all of their heads to read simultaneously?
Question: Suppose we have a harddisk with 2 platters with characteristics below: ? Rotational rate: 10, 000 RPM ?Avg sectors/track: 1000 ?Surfaces: 4 ?Sector size: 512 bytes I was reading…
How do hard drive diagnostic tools know if a sector is bad?
Question: When I run into a a hard drive that may be failing, I scan it using ViVARD, which reliably lets me know if the drive needs replacing. How do…
Cloned disk – duplicate disk signature, how to resolve?
Question: I have cloned a hard drive to an SSD using Clonezilla. ?Both drives were of identical size, and the process appears to have worked successfully. I can boot into…
Is it safe to use an SSD for Backup purposes?
Question: ?????? ??Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. ? ?? Closed 6 years ago. ????…
Do hard drives need a GUID partition table (GPT) to boot in UEFI mode?
Question: Is EFI booting something hardware specific? I have a desktop motherboard with a UEFI Bios, but I can only boot from USB drives in “UEFI” mode. Both the DVD…
How to determine how dead a HDD is from SMARTCTL report
Question: I had a random report in an open Terminal today saying that “My hard drive is about to fail!” I did some tests and I’m not sure how bad…
Why is my disk at 99% usage here?
Question: I have a similar issue as this user. You can pretty much take his screen shot and apply it to my issue: Windows 8.1, 99% disk usage or in…
How to format/repair a write-protected USB drive with I/O errors?
Question:What can I do if my USB flash drive is write-protected or read-only? ?? ??(3 answers) ?? ????Cannot format USB flash drive, everything claims it’s write protected ?? ??(7 answers)…