I subjected my hard disk (C drive) to a disk scan and found that there was 12 KB of bad sectors. I now consider that disk to be unreliable, and am looking forward to transferring all my data to another file. The problem is, I want to clone the complete drive (including the apps, OSes, files…
Dime time ago there was in VirtualBox command-line a command with this syntax: VBoxManage controlvm <VM> dvdattach <filename> So attaching (inserting) a CD/DVD was as easy as: VBoxManage controlvm "MyVM Windows 7" dvdattach MyDVD.iso But now this command has disappeared.I have been browsing the VirtualBox Manual and all I have found is some storageattach command,…
HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number 100574451 is usually used on these Seagate hard disk drives: ST31000524AS, 6VP, SU, PN 9YP154-021, FW HP63, Seagate 1TB SATA 3.5 Hard Drive; ST31000524AS, 6VP, SU, PN 9YP154-521, FW JC4A, Seagate 1TB SATA 3.5 Hard Drive; ST31000524AS, 6VP, SU, PN 9YP154-516, FW JC45, Seagate 1TB SATA 3.5…
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A look at the NAND itself. How an SSD works at the lowest levels:
http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/ […] 9&Itemid=1
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/ […] hp?t=65372
Write caching, wear levelling and the importance of partition alignment:
http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/ […] 2&Itemid=1
A broad overview of everything SSD (including TRIM):
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531
http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631 (A follow-up of the previous Anandtech article. Touches on a few more details, but it’s more of a review of OCZ drives than a good overview of SSDs. Worth reading if your SSD has an Indillinx controller.)
More links will be added here when I find them or when somebody else points me to them.
Samsung Announced that it is now sampling a SATA-interface mini-card solid state drive (SSD) with some of its customers, for use in the expanding netbook marketplace. The Samsung SATA mini-card SSD expands the use of SSDs from not only being a primary storage medium, but also as a complementary drive to boost the performance of PCs with dual drive capabilities.
Samsung’s new mini-card form factor, with a highly robust interface, makes an already rugged SSD even less susceptible to damage from jarring, jostling and dropping.
Featuring a mini-PCI Express (PCIe) form factor with a SATA 3.0Gb/s interface, the highly cost-efficient mini-card SSD is nearly 80 percent smaller than the conventional 2.5-inch hard disk drive, making it ideal for the tighter constraints of most netbooks. In addition, it can be used in printers and various handheld terminals including ruggedized mobile devices.
Moreover, the SATA mini-card SSD form factor can be used in a combination comprised of the SSD as main memory and HDD as supporting storage space. This new approach is expected to increase the adoption of SSDs in a broader range of applications.
Samsung is working to standardize the new mechanical form factor and its pin layout specifications at JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council). With possible revisions by OEM manufacturers, standardization could be expected as early as the third quarter of this year.
Available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB densities, the new SSD drive will be produced using 40-nanometer-class process technology. The SATA mini-card SSD provides strong performance levels with a sequential read rate of 200MB/s (megabytes per second) and writes data sequentially at 100MB/s.
Samsung’s mini-card SSD is only 30 millimeters (mm) wide and 51mm high. The drive weighs up to 8.5g and measures up to 3.75 millimeters thick. Also offering a high degree of energy efficiency, the new drive consumes 0.3 watts of power.
Samsung’s new netbook-targeted SSD is available with optional full disk encryption to thwart theft or any unwanted access to a netbook or other device.
“The market is beginning to embrace a smaller SSD for the nascent netbook sector, The cost-efficiency and reliability of lower-density, highly compact Samsung SSDs are perfectly suited as the storage medium for the rapidly growing netbook marketplace,” said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number 2060-001177-000 is usually used on these Western Digital hard disk drives: WD400BB-00DGA0, DCM HSBHNV2CH, Western Digital 40GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive; WD200BB-00DEA0, DCM DSBANV2CH, Western Digital 20GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive; WD200BB-60DGA0, DCM HSCACV2CH, Western Digital 20GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive The 2060-001177-000 Western Digital PCB repair…
Case:At 9 o’clock in the morning, the first sentence of 100 million customers after entering the door was from Pudong.Deng Gong first froze, and then remembered that he called it last night. I did not expect that it really came this morning.4 hard disks, the hard disk is only 34G, and one is sacrificed on…
HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number BF41-00309A is usually used on these Samsung hard disk drives: HM100UX, HM100UX/VP4, 2AM10001, Samsung USB 2.5″ Hard Drive The BF41-00309A Samsung PCB repair process can usually be divided into 2 steps: find a replacement PCB and firmware transfer. BF41-00309A Samsung PCB: Board Number Finding a donor Samsung…
HDD Printed circuit board (PCB) with board number BF41-00087A is usually used on these Samsung hard disk drives: SP0822N, SP0822N, FW WA100-34, P/V FS, Samsung 80GB IDE 3.5 Hard Drive The BF41-00087A Samsung PCB repair process can usually be divided into 2 steps: find a replacement PCB and firmware transfer. BF41-00087A Samsung PCB: Board Number…
Case:Failure phenomenon: The hard disk can recognize but cannot start the system. Customers take measures: Customers have not restarted the computer and have not worked and have been found to repair the maintenance company for maintenance.But it did not succeed. Solution:After receiving the client sent by the customer, the engineer carefully asked all the reasons….
