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So I have a HDD that's failing on me. I started to notice because when browsing the files on that drive everything was slow. I managed to copy most of the content to another drive. However I have about half a dozen of remaining files that I can't seem to recover using the Windows Explorer. The files get copied really slowly (like 1.2 MB/s) and then get stuck at 0 MB/s: Thing is, Windows' chkdsk tells me the disk is fine. CrystalDiskInfo can't even read the SMART values from that drive. Is there anything I can do to try and retrieve those files? All the "data loss" software I've tried seem to look only for deleted files, not corrupdated/hard-to-read ones.
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Rexxed posted:I've used roadkil's unstoppable copier to move things off a dying drive a couple of times: I tried this after you suggested it but didn't work. It seems that if the software gets stuck all you can do is reboot because you can't kill it :/
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Aug 2, 2016 07:12
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spiny posted:another possibly dumb question: I would recommend a professional SOHO device. Check Point's are great: https://www.checkpoint.com/products/600-appliance/ They are the leading professional firewall vendor and they are really good. One of the reason I like them is the actual performance you get is pretty close to what the datasheet claims (unlike other vendors). I have personally tested this using that kind of hardware-based load generators. Note that if you use the IPS the performance drops *a lot*, which is normal. But you don't have to buy/use that feature (when you buy the device it comes with 1 year of IPS/Anti-virus/Anti-bot subscription but you don't have to enable them). Another good thing is that it's got built-in IPSEC VPN which is the best encryption you can get if you're into that sort of thing. Another very good device is the Fortigate 60D: https://www.fortinet.com/products-services/products/firewall/fortigate-entry-level-firewall.html Fortinet is the main Check Point competitor in the Enterprise and Carrier market. Both are really, really good. Disclosure: I know this first-hand because my job is to test Enterprise- and Carrier-grade firewalls and other network devices. I know very well the makers of these to brands for several years as customers. E: The price for each of those is around $1,000.
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Aug 17, 2016 17:32
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Could it be an issue where it goes to Hibernate/Sleep but then can't get back up? Try to check the Windows settings for that.
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Aug 24, 2016 08:32
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Mikojan posted:Is there any thread on SA where I can ask some questions about USB microphones? Do humanity a favor and don't record with a cheap microphone. Just buy something Yeti second-hand or on sale. I got a Yeti Blue for 60€ and it's pretty much perfect.
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Oct 3, 2016 08:28
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LogicalFallacy posted:The cheapest mic recommended in LP is the blue snowball, which runs about $60-70 new. The most recommended is the blue yeti, for about twice that. Yeah but that's the brand new price. You can find a ton of them on the second-hand market in perfect condition.
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Oct 3, 2016 08:36
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I wouldn't say "user" because it's really "host" (since the technology uses IP addresses to apply the QoS fairness) but otherwise it's a good explanation. There are also ways to grant more or less priority to specific hosts or streams, and some device will have QoS kick-in only when needed (ie: available bandwidth reaches its limits).
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Oct 24, 2016 10:42
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Not sure if my problem is hardware or software-related so I'm picking this thread. I have a sound issue on my Windows 10 PC. As soon as some 3D is showing (ie: I'm playing a game) there's a weird noise coming out from the speakers. It's hard to describe, I guess I could say it's a low-end kind of "humming" sound. I have really good speakers (Yamaha HS-5 monitors) with XLR connectivity to an Asus Xonar Essence One DAC. I can play audio files just fine, with bit perfect and all, but as soon as the graphic card starts doing some 3D then the problem kicks in. I can still hear the games' audio, it's just that there's an extra "noise." Where could this come from? I suspect it could be power-related, that is when the graphic card stats drawing power some electrical weirdness happens and generates white noise that's caught by the speakers or DAC or something? Is that possible?
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Nov 21, 2016 08:31
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Puddin posted:Coil whine off the video card under load? Is the coil whine noise supposed to come out from the speakers though? I suspect this is not the cause because I had the same problem (although to a lesser extent) with my previous graphics car?
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Nov 21, 2016 09:19
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Re: recovering drives. People who do that regularly or need to recover data should definitively try SpinRite: https://www.grc.com/sr/whatitdoes.htm It's like $80 but its magic works. Also this software is twenty loving years old and still maintained. It restored a couple of my drives that seemed dead but weren't. I didn't need to recover the data but I put them in my NAS and they lived on for 2 more years before I upgraded to larger ones. PS: I'm not involved with this at all, I'm just a happy user.
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Dec 5, 2016 17:08
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teagone posted:That looks like an interesting solution. Never thought of searching out used enterprise components. So, in the eventual scenario that I'd want to add a 4-drive RAID array to my Plex server, I could get that card and use this mini SAS to 4x SATA cable? Different people will have different opinion about RAID but I'm against it. The problem is that if your RAID card dies, you'll need to have a spare one with the exact same chipset. Otherwise you can't rebuild your RAID array. Sometimes even within the same brand they are not compatible. Just saying. Some RAID expert will probably contradict me here. As for SATA raid cards, I paid something like $30 for a 4x ports version in my NAS and I hit 80 MB/s write speed without breaking a sweat. It's been on 24/7 for six month and doesn't show any sign of problem. If it does break I'll just buy another one, they're cheap.
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Dec 9, 2016 11:37
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apropos man posted:So in one paragraph you're against RAID and the next singing its praises? A SATA card isn't necessarily a RAID card. It can just be a PCI-E card that allows you to hook more SATA drives in, but the card doesn't have to do RAID. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
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Dec 10, 2016 12:08
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Eletriarnation posted:I don't know about more professional solutions but Intel advertises being able to move any ICH* based RAID to any other Intel system that supports the same type of array (as in, you can't put RAID5 in ICH5R because it only supports 0 and 1) and it should work. If you're going to use a dedicated controller instead of the Southbridge, I'd recommend either having a model that you know you'll be able to get a replacement for if needed or just using a software RAID. Windows Storage Spaces is pretty simple to set up and also advertises being able to move the array to any system that supports the same feature, and for Linux you have a couple options including Greyhole and mdadm. Yes software based is what I would recommend (on a budget - enterprises have way more options of course, but they are all costly), but not using soft RAID itself but rather newer filesystems like ZFS or btrfs. These file systems have built-in RAID-like functions and actually fix a couple of problems RAID has (write hole).
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Dec 10, 2016 12:10
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I believe that NASes like Synology use "soft raid" from an onboard chipset. So it's not purely software (ie: not handled by the OS) and that means you run into the same problems as hardware RAID (this is my understanding of the situation, I could be wrong). I'm using the exact same setup as you and I went for 1 SSD for the OS and 4 HDDs for the storage. I'm using ZFS because if my OS somehow goes wrong any other Linux OS will be able to read it from the drives, even on a completely different system. I went with NAS4FREE as the distribution (because it's enterprise grade and comes with a GUI I can work with). You don't have to use ECC memory for a home use. I know some people are considering Rockstor (http://rockstor.com/) which should handle btrfs properly for you but I haven't personally tried it. Check oit the NAS thread for more details.
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Dec 10, 2016 18:58
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edit: wrong thread.
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Dec 16, 2016 09:33
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I'm looking for a dock/KVM of sorts. I'm working from home like most. I have a nice 4K display, a good audio DAC, keyboard, mouse and high end webcam. The thing is my work laptop has none of that, and using RDP from my desktop to my laptop isn't ideal (WiFi has problems coping with RDP at 4K). So I'm looking for a hub/dock/KVM of sorts. I'd like to be able to connect my screen as well as up to 5 USB devices to that dock and be able to switch which computer uses them - my desktop or my laptop. The closest I could find was this but it seems pricey. Does anybody know of a good KVM that could work for my use case? E: Well, I settled for this. Be careful when choosing, some of them say "4K" but actually cap at 2560x1600 Furism fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Jan 29, 2021 |
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Jan 29, 2021 11:10
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What's the best and fastest way to clone a drive these days? I haven't done that in years. My mother's laptop has a lovely 500GB 5400 RPM drive so I bought her a 1 TB SSD. My goal is to bring my USB -> SATA cable, clone her current HDD to the SSD and then swap the disks. I don't mind booting on some SystemRescueCD type tool/distro, or doing it from Windows, whatever works best and fastest. I just need to be sure the MBR and stuff is also carried over so it actually acts as the first bootable device. What are my options?
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Feb 25, 2021 17:25
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As usual, Goons deliver. Thanks Marcus!
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MarcusSA posted:This no question. Wanted to check back in. This worked wonders, the cloning took exactly as long as you'd expect from 500GB 5400 RPM drive, but beyond that the software did its job perfectly. Had to diskpart a bit to bust a bunch of useless Lenovo partitions but now the laptop found a second life.
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