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I want to install Windows on my PC on a partition that should take up the entire disk, but I want only, say, the first half or quarter of it to be usable, and reserve the rest (for some infosec thing I’m experimenting with).
Again just to … Continue reading Limit Windows NTFS for only its first half to be writable [migrated]
If you are younger than a certain age, RLL probably doesn’t mean much to you. Old consumer-grade hard drives used MFM (modified frequency modulation like a floppy disk uses) and …read more Continue reading Inside the RLL Hard Drive Protocol
I have two external WD hard drives "My Passport". I am unsure if they are SSDs, so let this question be general if possible.
on "Disc 1" I deleted (right-click and delete – not any kind of secure delete) some "old… Continue reading Does copying files from one drive to another also copy previously deleted data from the drive one?
If a hard drive shows 0 used space and 0 free space despite having a lot of free space, you cannot store files on it. This problem usually occurs if your hard drive is corrupted or your system is infected by malware. This article lists some suggestions… Continue reading How to fix 0 used space and 0 free space corrupted hard drive?
I bought some second-hand HDDs. If these drives have a firmware virus and an OS is installed onto a new drive with secure boot, and the suspect drives are plugged in after, can you be affected by a firmware virus?
Continue reading Firmware Viruses on Second-Hand HDD [duplicate]
After connecting the hard drive, the display of some users’ computers went black. Some users reported that the issue appeared when they left their hard drive plugged in during boot. If you experience the “No display problem when an external… Continue reading No display when an external hard drive is plugged in to Windows PC
Losing access to your files due to an unformatted drive can be frustrating. Many users find the issue unfixable, but recovering files from an unformatted drive is possible, if it does not show or is not detected. This article will show you how to recov… Continue reading How to recover data from Unformatted Drive in Windows 11/10
Assuming a disk was full-disk encrypted using Bitlocker and the partition table is corrupted or entirely missing. Is it possible in any way to recover from this, given that the original Bitlocker password and Bitlocker recovery key are ava… Continue reading Is it possible to repair a corrupted partition table of a Bitlocker encrypted disk? [migrated]
Background: A Bitlocker encrypted hard disk (5TB WD Elements HDD USB) was accidentally wiped partially using the wiping tool Eraser Classic Portable (using the US DoD 7 passes method). The wiping only went on for a few minutes (max. 5 min… Continue reading How to properly determine if an Bitlocker encrypted disk has a corrupted partition table? [migrated]
I have a situation where I have access to a huge list of Bitlocker recovery keys but only the combination of the identifier (GUID) and recovery key are available. However the disk in question is corrupted and I don’t know which identifier … Continue reading How to identify a GUID of a corrupted Bitlocker disk in order to find the corresponding Bitlocker recovery key? [migrated]