Author Topic: Well, this is Frikken depressing... (Read 4578 times)

orange · « **on:** February 22, 2015, 05:27:03 AM »

perhaps fiddling with hdd firmware could be useful, to 'unlock' unused platters for eg.

orange · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2015, 06:25:01 PM »

Quote from: danbeaver;785133

Unused?

yes, like CPU overclocking and such.
I doubt manufacturers always use all surfaces completely, looking at various capacities they have.

orange · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2015, 05:16:04 AM »

Quote from: danbeaver;785184

I'm sure there is a platter left unused on the Samsung 850 Evo!

ah, a joker :rolleyes:
but perhaps one could use reserved ('overprovisioned') space with a robust filesystem that can handle badblocks well.