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page on sandisk.com
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
A USB storage testing application.
If regular formatting doesn’t work, this application will do a more low-level format.
This is the official SD card tool for formatting a card.
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page on sandisk.com
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
A USB storage testing application.
If regular formatting doesn’t work, this application will do a more low-level format.
This is the official SD card tool for formatting a card.
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When working with a USB stick or a storage card like an SD or MicroSD card..
Check the read/write speeds (for various file sizes).
See also:
Flash storage reliability (they are not reliable)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190218044149/http://usbflashspeed.com:80/
A USB storage testing application.
A tiny, portable, storage device speed tester. Created specifically for USB storage.
Very very nice. Easy to use
(Yes, USB storage is that bad with small files)
Note that this is not https://github.com/bradfa/flashbench
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Problem:
That hard drive is not seen by Windows, and does not appear as a new hard drive letter.
Notes:
This hard drive was “cloned” with dd.
Solution: The “disk signature” needs to (briefly) be made unique.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
A ubiquitous byte-copying tool.
I use this for copying disks, partitions and ISOs.
Part of GNU’s “coreutils”
TODO – add my notes
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Storage > Software > smartmontools >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.smartmontools.org/
A HDD health program.
I find it essential. I think.
This is part of the smartmontools suite.
TODO – add my notes, and scripts
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Storage > Software > smartmontools >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.smartmontools.org/
A suite of HDD tools.
I find it essential. I think.
smartctl is the most important component for me.
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External eSATA and internal SATA expansion card.
NOTE: This did not do port multiplication under Linux when I tested it back then. Perhaps it does now.
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was thermaltake.com/C_00001852.htm?id=C_00001852
A tool-free dock. Plug a hard drive in like a floppy. Does not support hot swapping, but doesn’t need to. Turn it off, plug in a hard drive, turn it on.
Has two front-facing IDE ports.