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

Jun 6, 2023 | HDD

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

May 30, 2023 | HDD

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...

Locating Drive Detected Issues on DA Portal: Features of DA Drive Analyzer

Apr 18, 2023 | Drive Detected Issues

Drive detected issues are the drive health metrics collected and reported by the drive itself. This would be similar to the alerts or measurements shown by a car like its speed, fuel levels, or tire pressure. A drive has sensors to track its activities and whether...

ULINK’s Invention Files: DriveMaster for HDD Testing

Jan 13, 2023 | HDD

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

Oct 11, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence

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...