If your hard drive is unbootable due to corrupt partition tables, computer viruses, system errors, and other non-mechanical issues, you may consider using a hard drive data recovery tool to save your precious files or data from being permanently wiped out. Thankfully, there are tons of available Linux-based rescue tools that can get the job done quickly and easily.
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4K-sector drives and Linux
Recently, there have been a number of reports that Linux is not ready to work with these drives; kernel developer Tejun Heo even posted an extensive, worth-reading summary stating that "4 KiB logical sector support is broken in both the kernel and partitioners."
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Adding a new hard disk to Linux, and why the Linux filesystem trounces Windows' butt
Adding a second (or third or more!) hard drive to your computer is a great way to, well, give your computer more disk space. Ok, the concept is pretty logical but the process to make it work needs some explanation. Here’s what to do, plus one thing the Linux filesystem does brilliantly which Windows can’t do at all.
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Monitor your drives to extend their life
Last week saw a slew of articles suggesting that Ubuntu Linux was radically reducing the life of any hard disk it was installed on. The truth is a little more complicated than that.
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