HDD TOOL http://www.hdd-tool.com All about hard disk tools and articles Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Format recovery – recover files from formatted disk partition. http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/partition-format-recovery.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/partition-format-recovery.htm#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:14:25 +0000 Andy http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=572 Test Files

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Format recovery – recover files from formatted disk partition. is a post from: HDD TOOL Many computer users may encounter this problem, when you access a partition Windows prompts to format this partition. Sometimes, you want to format a partition completely to reorganize, but forget to copy some important files. Format recovery is common requirement for [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/partition-format-recovery.htm/feed 0 10 Ways to Speed Up Computer http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/10-ways-to-speed-up-computer.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/10-ways-to-speed-up-computer.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:02:01 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=562 Check File System

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10 Ways to Speed Up Computer is a post from: HDD TOOL Many computer users have this experience that the computer become slower and slower, especially when starting up. You may also find that the system taking more time to respond to a user’s actions like opening files, folders, surfing the Internet and other tasks. So [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/10-ways-to-speed-up-computer.htm/feed 1 HDD format tool, 6 ways to format disk drive. http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-tool/hdd-format-tools.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-tool/hdd-format-tools.htm#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:26 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=546 Format Partition

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HDD format tool, 6 ways to format disk drive. is a post from: HDD TOOL Many computer users encountered this problem that when you access a disk partition, Windows prompt to format this partition. Sometimes, there are many files in a partition, you want to copy some files and completely format this partition. Some virus stores [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-tool/hdd-format-tools.htm/feed 0 What is online backup? Advantage and disadvantages of online backup. http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/online-backup.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/online-backup.htm#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:03 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=543 Online Backup

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What is online backup? Advantage and disadvantages of online backup. is a post from: HDD TOOL What is online backup? Online backup, also known as remote backup, is a method of offsite data storage in which files, folders, or the entire contents of a hard drive are regularly backed up on a remote server or computer with [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/online-backup.htm/feed 0 What is incremental backup? http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/incremental-backup.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/incremental-backup.htm#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:09:58 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=537 Backup Archive Attribute

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What is incremental backup? is a post from: HDD TOOL Incremental Backup We have discussed full backup and differential backup before, today I’ll talk about Incremental Backup. Firstly, open My Computer and a partition, then right-click any folder and choose “Properties”. In “General” tab, click “Advanced”, then below window would pop up. This archive attribute means that this folder [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/incremental-backup.htm/feed 0 What is differential backup? http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/differential-backup.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/differential-backup.htm#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:24:21 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=531 Backup-Archive Attribute

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What is differential backup? is a post from: HDD TOOL Differential Backup Every backup software provides full backup features, but few backup software provide differential backup. Why some backup software doesn’t provide differential backup? This could be related to two parts, differential backup is more complex to design compared to full backup, so it is too difficult [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/differential-backup.htm/feed 0 Full backup – completely backup everything on your drive http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/full-backup.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/full-backup.htm#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12:36 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=520

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Full backup – completely backup everything on your drive is a post from: HDD TOOL What is Full Backup? A full backup is a backup of every file on a file system, whether that file has changed or not. Full backup alternatives The alternatives to a full backup are incremental backup and differential backup. When to choose full backup It would [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-backup/full-backup.htm/feed 0 Is RAID 10 the same as RAID 01? http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-10-as-raid-01.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-10-as-raid-01.htm#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:02 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=513 RAID 10

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Is RAID 10 the same as RAID 01? is a post from: HDD TOOL RAID Levels 0 1 (01) and 1 0 (10) Common Name(s): RAID 0 1, 01, 0/1, “mirrored stripes”, “mirror of stripes”; RAID 1 0, 10, 1/0, “striped mirrors”, “stripe of mirrors”. Labels are often used incorrectly; verify the details of the implementation if [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-10-as-raid-01.htm/feed 0 What is RAID 5 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-5-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-5-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:45:53 +0000 Andy http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=509 AID 5

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What is RAID 5 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? is a post from: HDD TOOL RAID Level 5: Some commonly used RAID Level 5 is a cluster-level implementation of data striping with DISTRIBUTED parity for enhanced performance. Clusters can vary in size and are user-definable but they are typically blocks of 64 thousand bytes. The clusters [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-5-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm/feed 0 What is RAID 1 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-1-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-1-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:35:10 +0000 admin http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=506 RAID 1

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What is RAID 1 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? is a post from: HDD TOOL RAID Level 1: Commonly called Mirroring RAID Level 1 is the pure implementation of data mirroring. In a nutshell RAID Level 1 gives you fault tolerance but it cuts your usable capacity in half and it offers excellent throughput and I/O [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-1-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm/feed 0 What is RAID 0 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-0-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-0-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:09:17 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=494 RAID 0

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What is RAID 0 and its features, advantage and disadvantage? is a post from: HDD TOOL RAID Level 0 Definition: RAID-0, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, Level 0 – also called striping – is a method of storing data on multiple computer storage devices – usually hard disks or disk partitions – by interleaving the data [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/raid-0-features-advantage-and-disadvantage.htm/feed 0 What is the difference between hardware RAID and software raid? http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/difference-between-hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/difference-between-hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:58:13 +0000 admin http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=491 Hardware RAID

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What is the difference between hardware RAID and software raid? is a post from: HDD TOOL We have explained what raid is and the two types of raid, today we want to discuss the difference between hardware raid and software raid, as many users have been confused by them. Brief introduction about Hardware RAID The hardware-based system manages [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/difference-between-hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm/feed 0 Explanation about RAID, hardware raid and software raid http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:35:48 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=487 Hardware RAID controller

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Explanation about RAID, hardware raid and software raid is a post from: HDD TOOL As computer hardware become cheaper and cheaper, many users begin to use RAID and larger hard disks. To the people who want to use RAID, you’d better make it clear that what RAID is and what the kinds of raid are, what the [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/raid/hardware-raid-and-software-raid.htm/feed 0 How to recover files from dynamic disk? http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/how-to-recover-files-from-dynamic-disk.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/how-to-recover-files-from-dynamic-disk.htm#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:28:58 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=483 Active file recovery

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How to recover files from dynamic disk? is a post from: HDD TOOL Did you encounter these disasters before? Deleted files from dynamic disk, formatted dynamic disk partition, deleted dynamic disk partition before converting it to basic but forgot to backup the files. Some people don’t know what dynamic disk is, even more, they don’t know [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/data-recovery/how-to-recover-files-from-dynamic-disk.htm/feed 0 Change cluster size to better mange hard drive space http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/change-cluster-size-to-better-mange-hard-drive-space.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/change-cluster-size-to-better-mange-hard-drive-space.htm#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:32:14 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=467 Change cluster size when formatting

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Change cluster size to better mange hard drive space is a post from: HDD TOOL All file systems that Windows XP uses to organize the hard disk are based on cluster (allocation unit) size, which represents the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. The smaller the cluster size, the [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-optimise/change-cluster-size-to-better-mange-hard-drive-space.htm/feed 0 What is CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector)? http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/chs-cylinder-head-sector.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/chs-cylinder-head-sector.htm#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:00:36 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=471 Cylinder-Head-Sector

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What is CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector)? is a post from: HDD TOOL Many computer users don’t know the hard drive components and how hard drive works. Do you know how files are stored in your hard drive? How Windows know whether the files are? How to read files from and write into hard drives? Today, I’ll introduce these [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/chs-cylinder-head-sector.htm/feed 0 What is Partition Boot Sector? http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/what-is-partition-boot-sector.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/what-is-partition-boot-sector.htm#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:32:37 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=474 NTFS Partition Structure

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What is Partition Boot Sector? is a post from: HDD TOOL Each partition (also sometimes called a “logical DOS volume” in the DOS/Windows world) has its own volume boot sector. This is distinct from the master boot sector (or record) that controls the entire disk, but is similar in concept. It is also sometimes called the [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-basic/what-is-partition-boot-sector.htm/feed 0 Seagate doubles capacity of data center hard drive http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-news/seagate-doubles-capacity-of-data-center-hard-drive.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-news/seagate-doubles-capacity-of-data-center-hard-drive.htm#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:32 +0000 Jordan http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=464

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Seagate doubles capacity of data center hard drive is a post from: HDD TOOL Seagate Technology today released its highest capacity, enterprise-class hard disk drive, doubling the previous storage limit if its high-end systems. The Savvio10.4K 2.5-in serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drive, aimed at external storage arrays, also increases meantime before failures (MTBF) by 25% compared to earlier [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-news/seagate-doubles-capacity-of-data-center-hard-drive.htm/feed 0 Why/When/How do HDD low level format? http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-repair/hdd-low-level-format.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-repair/hdd-low-level-format.htm#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:48:06 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=458 HDD low level format tool

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Why/When/How do HDD low level format? is a post from: HDD TOOL We have discussed the difference between full format and quick format, today we’ll talk about hdd low level format. What is low level format? Low-level formatting is the process of outlining the positions of the tracks and sectors on the hard disk, and writing the control [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/hdd-repair/hdd-low-level-format.htm/feed 0 Better manage disk and partition with free partition magic http://www.hdd-tool.com/partition-magic/better-manage-disk-and-partition-with-free-partition-magic.htm http://www.hdd-tool.com/partition-magic/better-manage-disk-and-partition-with-free-partition-magic.htm#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:57:36 +0000 James http://www.hdd-tool.com/?p=452 Partition Magic

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Better manage disk and partition with free partition magic is a post from: HDD TOOL If you want to resize partition, you may bring partition magic in mind, but what a pity, partition magic has been stopped selling. As the first and famous partition management software, partition magic is well known and widely-used. Some users tried [...]]]> http://www.hdd-tool.com/partition-magic/better-manage-disk-and-partition-with-free-partition-magic.htm/feed 1