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by mwmccune
2013.02.08. 13:17
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: New feature: re-initialize in place???
Replies: 10
Views: 28269

Re: New feature: re-initialize in place???

Thank you for your complete and speedy reply to my questions regarding disk bit magnetism "fading" over time and also my question about a way to re-initialize a disk without having to off-load all the data first. You said that disk bit magnetism does not fade over time and I also understa...
by mwmccune
2013.02.05. 13:13
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: New feature: re-initialize in place???
Replies: 10
Views: 28269

New feature: re-initialize in place???

I have learned a great deal about drives reading these posts and in using HD Sentinal. With a couple of dozen drives used (hard) for video editing and many are for simple storage (to preserve the data for several years), I am interested in using HD Sentinal to refresh or restore drives, at least to ...
by mwmccune
2013.01.27. 10:09
Forum: Questions
Topic: drive passed the surface test 100% but shows no status info?
Replies: 3
Views: 9674

Re: drive passed the surface test 100% but shows no status info?

Very helpful reply, and speedy, too. Yes, I have the chipset controller on the Asus P6T Deluxe mb and also an Adaptec 1430 controller, and, you are quite right, I believe, in suggesting those drivers.

It has been a while since I refreshed them.

Thanks again.
Mike
by mwmccune
2013.01.26. 15:05
Forum: Questions
Topic: drive passed the surface test 100% but shows no status info?
Replies: 3
Views: 9674

drive passed the surface test 100% but shows no status info?

I have a problematic drive, WD2003FYYS, an enterprise 2TB drive; your scan showed lots of bad blocks. This drive also did not show any status info in HD Sentinal, only question marks where the info should be. I ran your long Drive Surface Test (it took a couple of days) and it then showed 100% good ...
by mwmccune
2013.01.23. 01:30
Forum: Questions
Topic: Hard Disk Summary: 512 bytes or 4096 bytes/sector???
Replies: 2
Views: 9440

Hard Disk Summary: 512 bytes or 4096 bytes/sector???

After using Extended Self Test and now seeing that my 3TB drive, among many others, has been repaired and cleaned, and now gladly reporting 100% Health after fixing the sector degradation issues , I reformatted the drive. Then I reformatted it, selecting 4096 bytes/sector , using standard Windows Ex...
by mwmccune
2013.01.21. 23:44
Forum: Questions
Topic: Does an HD Sentinal test reset SMART parameter values?
Replies: 1
Views: 6734

Does an HD Sentinal test reset SMART parameter values?

Thanks for a great program. I have over a dozen large drives used for video editing, which as you know, is very demanding on the drives. So I have used Acronis Drive Monitor until recently and now use HD Sentinal Pro, as it has a full set of diagnostics and tests. One 3TB Seagate drive flagged SMART...