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edit: issue resolved, for now!
Node fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Dec 29, 2011 |
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Dec 29, 2011 08:25
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Is HDClone a trustworthy program for cloning a drive? They have a free version which is really slow, but that is fine by me as long as the cloning process works. Acronis' Trial version doesn't allow drive cloning.
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Dec 29, 2011 22:20
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When trying to clone my drive, I get a Bad Sectors error on my hard drive. I can ignore it and continue the process. chkdsk says I have 4kb in bad sectors. Is this bad? Or will it be safe to use the cloned drive?
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Dec 30, 2011 02:15
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Factory Factory posted:Check the drive with CrystalDiskInfo. If those sectors are Uncorrectable, then there's data corruption, and that will be mirrored on the cloned drive. If they're Reallocated or Pending, you can continue to use the cloned drive without issue. Either way, the old drive has failed and will need to be RMA'd or replaced or tossed out or such. Current Pending Sector Count does come up as yellow. But my old drive has failed? Everything appears to be in order, besides the 4kb of bad sectors.
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Dec 30, 2011 02:26
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I have a Samsung 830 256Gb, and I ran Crystaldiskmark to see if its running the way it should. So far, compared to what I've seen on web sites, it isn't running the way it should. My sequential read and write is around 260 MB/s. Random 512k is around 220 read 250 write. On benchmark sites, the numbers are almost double that. Did I do something wrong in installation? Some facts: the drive is 80% full, AHCI is on in the bios, I installed the microsoft AHCI fixit link from the OP (WIndows 7,) trim is enabled, the partition is aligned, and it is using SATA 6GB/s . Node fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Dec 30, 2011 |
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Dec 30, 2011 07:14
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Alereon posted:What motherboard do you have? It sounds like you're not REALLY running in SATA600 mode, or the SATA controller drivers may not be installed. Full drives do run a bit slower, though, especially if TRIM isn't working.
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Dec 30, 2011 07:28
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Alereon posted:That Intel controller is SATA300. There's a supplemental SATA600 controller, but you want to use the Intel one. Sorry, I'm confused. Talk to me like I'm an idiot. Why do I want to use the Intel one?
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Dec 30, 2011 07:31
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Alereon posted:The SATA600 ports are provided by a Marvell chipset which tends to be slower (aside from the higher peaker transfer rates of SATA600), less reliable, and doesn't support the TRIM command. You're right, the benchmarks are a bit slower. The sequential read speed is better but thats all. Are you sure about TRIM not being supported? Crystaldiskmark has the word TRIM highlighted, but that might just mean it is enabled, not necessarily working. Anyways, considering my motherboard, is my drive running as it should be? Thanks for the help. Node fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Dec 30, 2011 |
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Dec 30, 2011 07:51
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Could a little battery that kicks in every few months the drive gets no power, would that extend its data retention significantly? Maybe SSDs already do that.
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Jan 6, 2012 01:49
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