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ontariotech

Post subject: What causes partition table corruption?

Posted: August 10th, 2014, 10:28

Joined: March 8th, 2009, 15:41
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On a healthy drive, what causes partition table corruption?

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michael chiklis

Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?

Posted: August 10th, 2014, 13:23

Joined: December 5th, 2011, 5:38
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Location: Verona, Italy

Could be many things.
Bad sectors, bad heads, bad power supply, bad motherboard, power surge, virus, etc...

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hhddrec

Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?

Posted: August 12th, 2014, 6:14

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NRA

Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?

Posted: August 13th, 2014, 4:14

Joined: March 14th, 2014, 11:06
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If you've got no malware and have all the relevant drivers installed correctly, then considering SMART (iltraDMA errs), most often it's an unstable power supply or a damaged data cable.

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