Can testdisk change physical geometry?
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I don't actually want to do it because I am paranoid, but my question is: can I actually change my drive physical geometry using testdisk and damage a drive to the point of being unrecoverable? Does testdisk support this?
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I don't actually want to do it because I am paranoid, but my question is: can I actually change my drive physical geometry using testdisk and damage a drive to the point of being unrecoverable? Does testdisk support this?
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I don't actually want to do it because I am paranoid, but my question is: can I actually change my drive physical geometry using testdisk and damage a drive to the point of being unrecoverable? Does testdisk support this?
hard-disk testdisk
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Jeff Schaller
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I don't actually want to do it because I am paranoid, but my question is: can I actually change my drive physical geometry using testdisk and damage a drive to the point of being unrecoverable? Does testdisk support this?
hard-disk testdisk
edited Jan 5 at 17:16
Jeff Schaller
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asked Jan 5 at 16:13
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edited Jan 5 at 17:16
Jeff Schaller
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edited Jan 5 at 17:16
Jeff Schaller
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edited Jan 5 at 17:16
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No, it is not possible to change the physical geometry of a disk. Hard disks don't have any “physical geometry†that can be changed in software. Hard disks don't even report any physical geometry information to the computer — things like cylinders are a software abstraction that hasn't been related to the hardware since the late 1980s.
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No, it is not possible to change the physical geometry of a disk. Hard disks don't have any “physical geometry†that can be changed in software. Hard disks don't even report any physical geometry information to the computer — things like cylinders are a software abstraction that hasn't been related to the hardware since the late 1980s.
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No, it is not possible to change the physical geometry of a disk. Hard disks don't have any “physical geometry†that can be changed in software. Hard disks don't even report any physical geometry information to the computer — things like cylinders are a software abstraction that hasn't been related to the hardware since the late 1980s.
answered Jan 5 at 20:59
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No, it is not possible to change the physical geometry of a disk. Hard disks don't have any “physical geometry†that can be changed in software. Hard disks don't even report any physical geometry information to the computer — things like cylinders are a software abstraction that hasn't been related to the hardware since the late 1980s.
answered Jan 5 at 20:59
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No, it is not possible to change the physical geometry of a disk. Hard disks don't have any “physical geometry†that can be changed in software. Hard disks don't even report any physical geometry information to the computer — things like cylinders are a software abstraction that hasn't been related to the hardware since the late 1980s.
answered Jan 5 at 20:59
Gilles
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answered Jan 5 at 20:59
Gilles
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answered Jan 5 at 20:59
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