There are 256 S.M.A.R.T. errors, each having a particular code. Some errors and values are critical. The only right decision you can take after detecting such error is to replace the hard disk.
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Vladimir Artiukh
External HDD Data Recovery after File Deletion or Disk Formation in LA
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Read about recovering data from external hard disks and USB drives that turned into RAW format after a file system error or removing a partition.
Sometimes happens, that after some time when you turn on your PC, it says the hard disk is not formatted, file system type is RAW, no files in sight, and you cannot copy anything from there. What should you do, then?
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Vladimir Artiukh
Read about methods to accelerate an external hard disk and things that make it work slowly. Nowadays it is more convenient to transfer films, games and other files with an external hard drive rather than with a flash drive or a DVD. In the first place, the copying speed is considerably higher, from 30-40 MB/s for an external disk versus 10 MB/s for a DVD). Secondly, you can write and erase information to a hard drive for as many times as you wish, and do it faster than you can with a DVD. Thirdly, with an external disk you can carry dozens and hundreds of various files. Capacity of modern external disks comes up to 2-6 TB and their small size allows carrying them just in your pocket.
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Vladimir Artiukh
A healthy hard disk is a relatively quiet device which can only remind you of its existence by emitting soft clicks when you address some information on it, or when you shut down or power on your PC. However, if your hard disk has developed some loud clicking, whistling or rustling noises (or there is some nasty vibration) that you’ve never heard before - this HDD is probably out of order.
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Vladimir Artiukh
Read about data recovery procedure for NTFS disks and the algorithm used by file recovery apps. Now when we covered most of the theory, we can proceed to actually recovering files. As you may remember from our previous article, FAT was never designed with data recovery in mind. As a result, FAT was very inconvenient to work with when it came to recovering lost information.
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Oleg Afonin