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timmmay

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#1070924 20-Jun-2014 12:35

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Eh think I'll skip it, too difficult. Thanks for the info :)

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#1072447 23-Jun-2014 10:54

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Heard about this product on a podcast:
StableBit Drive Scanner http://stablebit.com/Scanner

It will read all your HDD data, and ensure that it is still readable and writable - some datablocks are rarely read because they are not accessed that often. Read Once, Write Never ...

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#1072450 23-Jun-2014 10:56

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Interesting product, but "Continuously scans all of your hard drives" doesn't sound ideal - doing it occasionally sounds good, but not constantly.

Edit - it does say "The file system check is flexible, it has its own re-check interval, and can be disabled globally or per-disk". So that's ok.

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#1072452 23-Jun-2014 10:58

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timmmay: Interesting product, but "Continuously scans all of your hard drives" doesn't sound ideal - doing it occasionally sounds good, but not constantly.

this.

i get frustrated enough when i head to bed for the night, just start settling in, and my indexing processes, reading a whole disk... that would go on for awhile.

while this would be a nice warning sign, imo it wouldnt be worth it..

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