Hard Disk Monitoring

Hello, You wrote: “The idea of the additional step in the "extensive test" is to write back something different, to refresh the sectors. Not only the stored data, but their capability to hold different kind of data for a possible later re-use, re-format.” You also wrote: “This way the cond...

Sorry for asking again, but I didn't yet understand clearly what the additional write operation in the “extensive test” is useful for. Is it useful to force a better detection (and reallocation) of bad/defective sectors? I see written “drive regeneration” in the help section of your web site, with w...

The extra write step helps as this way the stored data changed: so instead of simply writing back the original data, we first write something different - then write back the original data. This would help the drive to re-calculate the CRC value, so refreshes not only the actual data, but also other...

Hello, I want to use the function “Read + WRITE + read test (refresh data area)” in Hard Disk Sentinel Professional, to refresh my backup hard disks (external USB drives) to prevent data degradation (“bit rot”). I have to decide if I should use the “extensive test” of which I have read in the help s...

Hello, I have a question about Hard Disk Sentinel Professional (which I didn't use yet), more precisely about the “refresh” feature: “Read+write+read test (refresh data area)”. I am aware that when writing data to an hard disk, the data is temporarily held into a cache (even after the write is compl...