Resize Invalid Drives
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Do you really want to trust this with your data???
First of all, 54.7 GB is a VERY odd size. It suggests a cheap 64 GB NAND that is now only partially functional. How long before another portion of this NAND fails?
And then there is the hacked firmware. Do you really want to trust that, not knowing how the firmware now works, or what the firmware may or may not do? Or when? I never would, but YMMV I suppose.
This issue was well discussed over in the NG. The almost 100% consensus was "NO! Do not trust/use such a device!"
This device is fit for either the trash or as a test specimen for future ValiDrive and/or SpinRite testing. Note: This device may stand up to SR level 1 or 2 scans. But I suspect a SR scan at L3 (or higher) is likely to kill what is left of this device.
First of all, 54.7 GB is a VERY odd size. It suggests a cheap 64 GB NAND that is now only partially functional. How long before another portion of this NAND fails?
And then there is the hacked firmware. Do you really want to trust that, not knowing how the firmware now works, or what the firmware may or may not do? Or when? I never would, but YMMV I suppose.
This issue was well discussed over in the NG. The almost 100% consensus was "NO! Do not trust/use such a device!"
This device is fit for either the trash or as a test specimen for future ValiDrive and/or SpinRite testing. Note: This device may stand up to SR level 1 or 2 scans. But I suspect a SR scan at L3 (or higher) is likely to kill what is left of this device.
@Backlog8685 I agree about not trusting the drive. It's unfortunate that you got scammed. The fraud in this industry is disgusting.
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ron
May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.
Ronrunning potential malware I find a VM useful, you clone the VM, run the suspect software on it, and most malware will look to see if it is running on a VM, and not drop the malware, so you can do what it says it will do, close the VM, and delete it. Yes I do have 16G of a vanilla XP install, with multiple copies, each doing exactly one program, and the base copy never actually opened.
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