Results from a few different Dell PCs...

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  • BootAble – FreeDOS boot testing freeware

    To obtain direct, low-level access to a system's mass storage drives, SpinRite runs under a GRC-customized version of FreeDOS which has been modified to add compatibility with all file systems. In order to run SpinRite it must first be possible to boot FreeDOS.

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Results from a few different Dell PCs...


Dell XPS 8930:
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Driv Size  Drive Identity     Location:    0      25%     50%     75%     100
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  1  8.0TB HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4          250.9   225.6   213.2   165.8   109.1


Dell XPS 8500:
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Driv Size  Drive Identity     Location:    0      25%     50%     75%     100
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 81  1.0TB Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB       544.3   544.6   544.8   544.3   544.8
 82  4.0TB WDC WD4001FAEX-00MJRA0        143.8   141.5   132.0   114.7    78.4


Dell XPS 13 laptop:
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Driv Size  Drive Identity     Location:    0      25%     50%     75%     100
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 81  256GB SAMSUNG SSD PM851 M.2 228     258.7   382.1   368.0   538.1   142.6


Dell Dimension 540:
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Driv Size  Drive Identity     Location:    0      25%     50%     75%     100
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 81  500GB Samsung SSD 840 Series        273.3   274.1   274.1   274.1   271.0
 82  1.0TB WDC WD10EADS-00P8B0            94.7    88.9    77.8    63.9    45.2
 
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