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March 26th, 2019, 15:06
CSL PC wrote:You can disable auto mount in windows.
I tested it, working not bad.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/117 ... ndows.html
March 26th, 2019, 15:10
CSL PC wrote:You can disable auto mount in windows.
I tested it, working not bad.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/117 ... ndows.html
March 26th, 2019, 20:38
fzabkar wrote:CSL PC wrote:You can disable auto mount in windows.
I tested it, working not bad.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/117 ... ndows.html
Thanks. That's good to know.
March 26th, 2019, 20:47
maximus wrote:CSL PC wrote:You can disable auto mount in windows.
I tested it, working not bad.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/117 ... ndows.html
So I had to do an experiment to prove a point between Windows and Linux with the mounting. I have a drive that has a weak head with bad sectors spread out all over, including in the MFT. It is a 2.5” sata, but I am using a USB adapter for this test (it is a WD adapter for an older passport drive).
So I connect the drive to Windows 7, and nothing happens. This is even with automount turned on. So far so good. Then I fire up a demo of R-Studio (I only have a paid version for Linux). It locks up until I unplug the drive. I plug the drive back in, try a refresh in R-Studio, and all I get is a spinning wheel. So I disable automount with the diskpart method (and the scrub, which I found was important to get good results), reboot, and try again. This time it did show up with R-Studio quickly with no hang. So if you do disable automount, make sure to also do the scrub, otherwise if the drive had ever been recognized before, it could still automount even if you don’t think it should.
Then I switch to Linux (automount is disabled, and I did not see any reason to enable it for this test). I opened R-Studio, plugged the drive in, hit refresh in R-Studio, and almost instantly the drive and partitions showed up, and I could work with it. To be fair, I tried to click on the drive in the file manager so it would try to mount, and it did hang with a spinning wheel for about a minute, but then it gave a popup message that it could not mount the drive, and no more hang. So even when trying to mount, Linux gave up after about a minute.
So I tried to see what would happen when trying to mount the drive in Windows. I am not sure how long I would need to wait to see if it would ever respond, but after a few minutes I pulled the plug on the drive, no need to punish it any more than needed. It would probably have hung for a long time, or indefinitely (from past experience). Windows just sucks when it comes to working with a failing drive, but it does seem much better as long as it does not try to mount. If it tries to mount, either pack a big lunch for the eternal wait, or unplug/reboot. At least Linux knows when to give up.
March 26th, 2019, 20:55
fzabkar wrote:Thanks for the confirmation and explanation. It would seem that your only real competitor is ddrescue.
March 26th, 2019, 21:28
CSL PC wrote:fzabkar wrote:Thanks for the confirmation and explanation. It would seem that your only real competitor is ddrescue.
Not really.
This tool eliminate the need of data extractor. Believe me, I've tested and compare it, It can do the same as DE that cost 3K.
I don't think that even Scott know how powerful his tool is.
March 27th, 2019, 9:36
maximus wrote:CSL PC wrote:fzabkar wrote:Thanks for the confirmation and explanation. It would seem that your only real competitor is ddrescue.
Not really.
This tool eliminate the need of data extractor. Believe me, I've tested and compare it, It can do the same as DE that cost 3K.
I don't think that even Scott know how powerful his tool is.
I made the free version too good (Or are you using the pro version? I don't think so...)
Not enough reason to buy the pro for many. That is why I will experiment with raw USB to see if it is something that is worth it.
The one thing I do have going is that since it is the best free tool, it gets enough attention that some do look at and want the pro features
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April 2nd, 2019, 8:24
maximus wrote:Can the USB Stabilizer do this with some setting? That could be a big winner if it worked. I just did a basic test using the two USB only drives that I have (which are both WD), and it would seem that it would work on both.
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