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by dacore84
2019.05.14. 22:34
Forum: Questions
Topic: Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?
Replies: 4
Views: 4289

Re: Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?

The temporary performance decrease can be related to lots of things: background activity of an other software (or Windows), possible fragmented file system and so. If you use Report menu -> Send test report to developer option, I can check the actual status of the disk drive, verify if there may an...
by dacore84
2019.05.13. 17:09
Forum: Questions
Topic: Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?
Replies: 4
Views: 4289

Re: Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?

Yes, of course you can test a specific part of the hard disk drive. Please select the Disk menu -> Surface test -> Read test (if you prefer to use read test). Then (before starting the test) please select Configuration tab and there is option to "Limit testing to specific data blocks". By...
by dacore84
2019.05.12. 19:24
Forum: Questions
Topic: Fastest way to wipe a disk?
Replies: 2
Views: 3939

Re: Fastest way to wipe a disk?

Hi, Please use Disk menu -> Surface test -> Write test. This is the fastest possible complete overwrite ("zero-fill" if you do not change overwrite pattern to other like random data, sector numbers etc.) to permanently delete all sectors. This includes all files, folders, partition info, ...
by dacore84
2019.05.12. 12:19
Forum: Questions
Topic: Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?
Replies: 4
Views: 4289

Possible to check a specifik part of a hdd?

I got some files that are really slow to access. If I copy them to another part of the hdd then there is no problem to access them. The hdd is brand new. Is it possible to check that specifik part of the hdd where the files are stored? It´s a 10 TB hdd so it would take forever to check the whole thi...
by dacore84
2019.03.22. 21:45
Forum: Questions
Topic: Fastest way to wipe a disk?
Replies: 2
Views: 3939

Fastest way to wipe a disk?

Hey! I bought a new drive that is really noisy, so I talked to the reseller and got a new one and will send the noisy one back. But since I already got some data on it I really want to wipe it clean before sending it back. I formated the disk so its "clean" but when using Recuva I of cours...