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    Topic reply notification question

    When I get topic reply notification emails with a message like this: If you want to view the newest post made since your last visit, click the following link: That link will open the topic, and sometimes it will be in a recent spot that I was viewing, but it will never open asking for a login...
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    HDDSuperClone

    It's time to officially name it. The new Linux cloning tool will be named HDDSuperClone. It is currently in alpha testing, and for the most part functionally stable. There is much work to be done before a beta release of the free version, but I just wanted to make sure everyone knows I am still...
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    Western Digital “slow fix” via USB

    While the biggest interest on this forum seems to be the upcoming cloning tool (which I am currently working on), I would like to point out something that HDDSuperTool can do now. It is known that some Western Digital drives can suffer from a firmware issue which causes them to be very...
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    Best Method for Power Cycles

    There are two ways I can power cycle a drive. The first method is to use a computer power supply to directly power the drive, and to use a relay to turn the power supply off and on the same way a computer would do. The second method is to wire two relays into the 5v and 12v wires to the drive...
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    Value of hard reset for PATA IDE drives

    Since the two things I can't do with software are hard resets on PATA IDE drives and power cycles, I was wondering what the value is for the hard reset on these drives as compared to a power cycle. I want to know if it is worth it to make modified ribbon cables to be able to perform this hard...
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    New Linux Tool - HDDSuperTool

    Hddscripttool has now become HDDSuperTool. Actually that was the first name I had for it, but I did not think it was worthy of having the word “super” in it when first released. HDDSuperTool is a scriptable tool for accessing hard drives. It is still closed source, but the free version is...
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