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mexicostone
Hi Gents
The story is that yesterday i was just working with my hdd it , and it started to sound bad and it sounded like the other ones that i had that burned .
I got mad , turned it off and came into a panic attack , almost wanted to cry!!
i had about 750 stones boots there + about 200 of U2 , 100 of ACDC and 100 of Kiss .
Then i checked it later and it functioned normally but i havent used it since yesterday ( im just nervous about it).
So that i want to know which brand do you use : Maxtor , Samsung , or which one?
I have one that has no brand( was made on a computer repairing center)
So , im about to buy the best one i could ever have , so could you help me?
Thanks
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mexicostone
Could you give me some tips to do the "SMART"?
How can i keep monitoring , analizing and all that stuff with my hdd , i mean is there anyway you keep yours safe?
thanks a lot for the help , open-g!
liked Murphy's ideas!
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I have one that has no brand( was made on a computer repairing center)
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Theif in the Night
Yes.The eSATA connection will give you the fastest transfer rates.USB is usually not the best hard drive connection option,unless you're talking a small portable hard drive for laptops.Firewire 800 and Firewire 400 are also options in some cases.
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mexicostone
Could you give me some tips to do the "SMART"?
How can i keep monitoring , analizing and all that stuff with my hdd , i mean is there anyway you keep yours safe?
thanks a lot for the help , open-g!
liked Murphy's ideas!
To check if SMART is en- or disabled read the boot-screen when powering up your pc.
if a mainboard logo gets in the way to read the messages, press the "escape" button to remove the logo.
if it's too fast to read everything, hit the "pause/break" button and again Esc. to continue.
To enable SMART you need to enter the bios (Basic Input Output System), usually by pressing the DEL button while booting. if thats not the case to enter your BIOS, it will tell you how to, again - on the boot-screen.
once in the bios, find the SMART option and simply enable it and save it.
If you don't know much about all this, please ask a friend who is savy with this.Quote
I have one that has no brand( was made on a computer repairing center)
you might not know which brand it is, but some manufacturer has made it.
a tool like Everest Home will most likely tell you what brand and type it is - and a lot more.
[download.chip.eu]
once you know the brand, you can try to find a HDD diagnosis tool for it.
for Samsung Hdd's it would be this "Hutil" tool.
[www.samsung.com]
but again, thats for Samsung only, so you need to find out whats up in your case.
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open-g
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btw, if you share your files with friends, there's a good chance to get 'em back - even if the whole darn house burned down (godforbid*)
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Theif in the Night
Yes.The eSATA connection will give you the fastest transfer rates.USB is usually not the best hard drive connection option,unless you're talking a small portable hard drive for laptops.Firewire 800 and Firewire 400 are also options in some cases.
One eSATA that i had already burned!