How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 2

How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 2

In this two-part article on “How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive,” we have already looked at what bad sectors are and what causes them. We will now look at how your hard drive deals with them and what you can do to minimize the effect of bad sectors. How...
How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 1

How to Deal with Bad Sectors on Your Hard Drive – Part 1

Bad sectors are one of the most common problems that affect hard drives. They can cause data loss and performance degradation. But what are bad sectors and how can you prevent or fix them? Drive Heads and Media: A Precise System A hard drive contains two important...
ULINK’s Invention Files: DriveMaster for HDD Testing

ULINK’s Invention Files: DriveMaster for HDD Testing

Back in 2005, we at ULINK invented DriveMaster for HDD testing, one of the best HDD test tools of its time. This was right after the success of our DriveMaster 2004 test platform. Our HDD testing tool was addressing the need for a single test platform for design,...
AI Disrupts Disk Drive Failure Prediction

AI Disrupts Disk Drive Failure Prediction

In a data dependent world, ULINK DA Drive Analyzer’s AI algorithms disrupt drive failure prediction with 7-8 times more effectiveness than traditional systems. Large enterprises, small scale businesses, cloud service providers and datacenter operators are all seeing...