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(1) Is there a FAST way to "force delete" files even if Windows has the permissions messed up? I spent probably half an hour trying to delete the "bad" files on the messed-up hard drive, to no avail. I need something that says "I said delete them, now DELETE THEM!!!" period.
You can try use the ubuntu stick with live OS with no permission limits. Absolutle freeware.
Look at How to create a bootable USB stick on Windows | Ubuntu
(2) Is there a quicker way to copy files to a hard drive to where it won't take HOURS and HOURS to do so? I have USB 3 and the hard drive will be connected locally vs a router etc, but still it's too slow for me. I wish they had something that could, I'd say, copy 2T of files in 5 minutes. (I'm totally serious.)
Connect another PC directly via cable LAN connection and create point to point network. Copy your files trough double panel files manager.
(3) Why can't they make these things better than this? The hard drive was a Western Digital (portable USB, connected to a router's storage link) bought brand-new and not even a YEAR OLD. Come on, that's completely inexcusable.
I'm starting to hate mechanical HDDs. Most of my bad ones have been Seagates, FWIW...
I just keep media files on them and put them in the closet. They seem to go bad just sitting there!
It is strange how some people have great luck with some brands, others not so much..
I saw that Backblaze site too, it seems trustworthy, so now my new HDDs are all HGST. No problems so far.
Now, Seagate is touting a 60TB SSD, after Samsung introduced a 15TB model awhile back.
"Seagate isn't planning to release the 60TB drive immediately, but may release it early next year. Pricing is anyone's guess, but you probably won't get much change from £30,000 or $40,000"
(1) Is there a FAST way to "force delete" files even if Windows has the permissions messed up? I spent probably half an hour trying to delete the "bad" files on the messed-up hard drive, to no avail. I need something that says "I said delete them, now DELETE THEM!!!" period.
(2) Is there a quicker way to copy files to a hard drive to where it won't take HOURS and HOURS to do so? I have USB 3 and the hard drive will be connected locally vs a router etc, but still it's too slow for me. I wish they had something that could, I'd say, copy 2T of files in 5 minutes. (I'm totally serious.)
(3) Why can't they make these things better than this? The hard drive was a Western Digital (portable USB, connected to a router's storage link) bought brand-new and not even a YEAR OLD. Come on, that's completely inexcusable.
Answers:
1) Log on using the Administrator account, use the file manager to highlight all of the files you want to delete and use SHFT-DEL to delete them. Alternatives: drop to a command prompt and DEL using whatever wildcards you need; or move all of the files you want to delete to a separate directory (folder), then delete the folder; or, after moving the files, drop to a command prompt in that directory and DEL *.*, then exit and delete the folder.
Or, boot a live Linux CD/DVD and do the same thing.
2) Connect the hard drive(s) internally in a machine and copy everything from one to the other, using Win or Linux. Two TiB will take longer than five minutes no matter which way you do it, no getting around that.
3) Occasionally a manufacturer will have a bad batch of drives, these can generally be replaced under warranty if you don't do something foolish and FUBAR it in a temper tantrum.
3a) Many users problems are self-inflicted and not actually hardware defects- improper power cycles, improper use of software, or physical mishandling (particularly with people who are careless or who have patience/temper issues.
3b) Another big issue with hard drives is power problems- sags and brown-outs, while not causing a complete power failure, may result in the read/write heads bouncing off the platters. The platters accumulate damage and eventually files may become corrupted.
For best results, all hard drives should be buffered from line power with a battery-backup system that provides a constant power level even if line power fluctuates.
Always back up your files, and make back-ups of your back-ups on CD/DVD if you have stuff that you *really* don't want to lose.
SSD drives fail too, since I had one only 4 months old fail on me and when they go down you are screwed even worse since, atleast mechanical drives sometimes might give a warning. When I did laptop support, I got plenty of calls for SSD failures, even though they were less than the mechanical ones, but with any product made in bulks my the millions, you will have a 1-3% failure rate, so just hope you are not of of the 20-30K people who got one of those 1-2% bad ones.
An SSD often doesn't give much warning before it fails. Electronic components don’t begin to grind or buzz as they grow older. They work – and then they don’t.
But since you have a backup, you are doing what is recommend, because a hard drive can fail in 1 month or 5 years.
I've not had time to dig into it too far yet, but I think I Lost one of the drives on the server. Luckily it's the one that all the data from the other drives is copied to and then Crashplan backs it up. No data loss, but I'll have to do some rebuilding of partitions, etc.
Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to figure out what's going on.
I don't use cloud services, just hard drives. I just use a Plugable USB 3.0 SATA III docking station that is powered, and SATA hard drives like the ones inside the computer (bare, without power supply). Also, I only turn the drives on when saving photos and files to it, then turn them off and put them away.
There are numerous options relating to docking stations.
I don't use cloud services, just hard drives. I just use a Plugable USB 3.0 SATA III docking station that is powered, and SATA hard drives like the ones inside the computer (bare, without power supply). Also, I only turn the drives on when saving photos and files to it, then turn them off and put them away.
There are numerous options relating to docking stations.
How can you use access to you pics & vidios out your home?
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