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Scot
25 March 2009 | New Program Ideas | Hard Drive Burn-in Program
I\'ll post the meat before the potatoes...
First of all, I am not a programmer in any way shape or form. I\'m just going to post what I think I would want from a program of this type.
HDB\'in should be able to initialize, partition and format the drive with or without user input. The program should then be able to do a variable number of \"DiskWipes\" and then reformat. The user should be able to set the number of these format/wipe/format passes and completes/errors should be logged.
I first ran into Roadkil\'s products while searching for a program to clear some old drives I had lying around. About the same time I picked up one of those trayless removable internal HD doo-hickies. Specifically the Addonics \'Snap-in SATA\' Rack (P# AESNAPMRSA, $30 at Newegg). I then realized that I could use the DiskWipe program to do a long, slow drive burn-in by setting it to do numerous Wipes. This would exercise the drive for whatever time desired while not \'thrashing\' the drive with excessive head seeks. Kind of like the break-in period you do with a new car, take it easy for the first 1,000 miles to let every thing get used to working together. I posted my thanks and how I was using DiskWipe to Roadkil and he seemed to like the idea. So that\'s where this post originated.
Thank you for your Time Roadkil! |
Scot
25 March 2009 | General Talk | Just another Thank You message.
You\'re welcome. I\'ll post a message in the appropriate area about the Burn-in idea.
Thanks... |
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