Recovering Secret HD Space 849
An anonymous reader writes "Just browsing hardocp.com and noticed a link to this article.
'The Inquirer has posted a method of getting massive amounts of hard drive space from your current drive. Supposedly by following the steps outlined, they have gotten 150GB from an 80GB EIDE drive, 510GB from a 200GB SATA drive and so on.' Could this be true? I'm not about to try with my hard drive." Needless to say, this might be a time to avoid the bleeding edge. (See Jeff Garzik's warning in the letters page linked from the Register article.)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How? Reliability? (Score:1, Funny)
I wouldn't worry... thouse drives couldn't be any less reliable
Re:What *idiot* dared to post this on /.? (Score:3, Funny)
Enlarge your HardDrive (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry.
Damn. (Score:5, Funny)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Re:yeah right. (Score:5, Funny)
Is that what kids are calling it nowadays?
Everybody that tries this (Score:5, Funny)
I thought this was going to be helpfull (Score:5, Funny)
I thought this would actually let you use up that lost space somehow, you did buy the drive, it should contain the space, but it doesn't. RAM is just the opposite, you buy 512, it has 560 or so, well any ram I bought did. Anyway, is their a way to recover this lost space? Is their something I'm doing wrong? It seems to be worse in linux (but I heard that's cause it reserves space for root to access.)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:5, Funny)
Almost every slashdotter wants to find new and interesting ways to hose their data.
Its only natural.
Re:I call (Score:5, Funny)
unless the disks were secretly, specifically designed this way.
for example, for the benefit of spooks who want the device to maintain a rolling log of disk data for some period of time after the unsuspecting user thinks it's been deleted/reformatted/security-wiped.
I'm suprised (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What *idiot* dared to post this on /.? (Score:2, Funny)
OK, I think I figured it out!!! (Score:3, Funny)
The guy who wrote this article is definately the same guy who is sending the "add 3 inches to your hard disk" SPAM.
Re:witnesses reported UFO sightings (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, you don't really believe that story that the extra disk space is really just a weather balloon, do you?
KFG
Gigabytes Song (Score:5, Funny)
Ten little gigabytes, waiting on line
one caught a virus, then there were nine.
Nine little gigabytes, holding just the date,
someone jammed a write protect, then there were eight.
Eight little gigabytes, should have been eleven,
then they cut the budget, now there are seven.
Seven little gigabytes, involved in mathematics
stored an even larger prime, now there are six.
Six little gigabytes, working like a hive,
one died of overwork, now there are five.
Five little gigabytes, trying to add more
plugged in the wrong lead, now there are four.
Four little gigabytes, failing frequently,
one used for spare parts, now there are three.
Three little gigabytes, have too much to do
service man on holiday, now there are two.
Two little gigabytes, badly overrun,
took the work elsewhere, now just need one.
One little gigabyte, systems far too small
shut the whole thing down, now there's none at all.
It works!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Don't believe them (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
er, fdisk
Re:I'm suprised (Score:3, Funny)
Thanks for sharing with us how you like to spend your spare time!!!
Great..... (Score:4, Funny)
Increase your harddrive size by 150mb! Women don't like men with small harddrives. Trustmeeee and click this blind link and giveme your CCnfo and I promise thisvkpj&$(*)#Hf89h0eq2987y
I HAVE seen UFOs (Score:5, Funny)
LK
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:5, Funny)
It's pretty easy to set your hard drive to whatever "size" you want it to be... just dont expect it to work properly
Having said that, there were a few proggies floating around back then that could make your floppies slightly larger by formatting them with a weird, non-standard configuration.
You could do wonderful things with them, from 1.7-1.8 meg floppies, that were a bit slower and less reliable, to some magic 1.22 meg format that mysteriously made my floppies faster.
Ahh, those were the days
I have very *ahem* fond memories of spending the whole day formatting and copying Civ2 to 96 floppies... ouch!
Darwin (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
article summary (Score:3, Funny)
How to do this in Linux (Score:5, Funny)
mkdir
mount
mkdir
mount
Tada! now when you `df` you'll have twice as much total space!
Fun with Norton (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:1, Funny)
This is actually a great technique, as long as you don't want to read your data after you've written them.
Re:I call (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:2, Funny)
IT WORKS, I tried it and confirmed FULL CAPACITY. (Score:1, Funny)
I put a mod chip in my Phat "Type R" and doubled the horsepower (the pineapple shooter exhaust was good for +20BHP and one extra mile of sonic boom!). I put some 104+ TURBO octane booster in the tank too, and a special blend of Slick50/MarvelMysteryOil.
Hopefully this article will mean fewer systems online (most probably infected with MS.Blaster, NetSky, Bagle etc). We can only hope...
Virus ? (Score:5, Funny)
Is this the first tech info virus ? Follow instructions to destroy your own HD. Seems like just putting a hammer through it would be easier, but it would probably work with the clueless. Hmmm, yeah not a bad idea I guess in a very twisted way.
Re:I call (Score:3, Funny)
Don't forget to water-cool it, too.
write-only memory! (Score:1, Funny)
This is a great way to get a few TB of WOM
In other news (Score:5, Funny)
Users report that 486to586.exe actually works.
"It works, it really works", "My machine feels much faster" was some of the comments from the happy users.
Karma whoring: But after some investigation, it was identified as a renamed copy of loadlin.exe
You could do the same with 51/4 floppy disks (Score:2, Funny)
I would not be surprised if these increases in HD space are due to use of disabled/unsafe disk surface
Re:yeah right. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:5, Funny)
Re:that looks like a *bad* thing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Damn. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple corruption (Score:5, Funny)
1.7-1.8 meg floppies, that were a bit slower and less reliable,
You made floppies even slower and less reliable I wouldn't have thought that was even possible. Obviously some kind of WORN file system (Write Once Read Never!)
It's true! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:damn i hope you are kidding (Score:4, Funny)
Personally I thought that the people who sugessted "Mebi" were taken out back and given a good kicking, and the rest of us sane people who understood the word context continued using mega knowing that we meant 1024 when refering to computers.
We also realised that the hard disk manufacturers would continue to use out of context numbers but feel that they may one day have to change due to the ever inceasing discrepency making them look stupid.
But maybe that's just me?
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
CDROMs use constant data rate by varying the RPM of the drive depending on where you're located
I can vouch for the fact that the RPM is greater in the heady latitudes of the UK. People living nearer to the equator will experience slightly longer seek times, and I wonder if those in places like Barrow AK & North Norway actually appreciate the extra performance.
Maybe someone from New Zealand or nearby could chime in and verify that there data is read from the drive in the opposite direction.
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
(Aw crud, maybe four per person. Dictionary.com wants to call part of the Iris an areole...)
Jesus Christ! (Score:4, Funny)
April first is coming earlier and earlier every year.
-esme
Re:How? Reliability? (Score:3, Funny)
That'd be the biggest single consumer drive on the market.
Re:Uh, no (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
0xffff, 0xffff, and 0xffff. But, we get no errors.
(Hear are some replys for you consideration:
- Isn't Australia part of New Zealand?
- Isn't New Zealand part of Australia?
- That is the lamest piece of shit I have ever
read.
How it works (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:1, Funny)
and didja know?! (Score:5, Funny)
And didja know you can re-zip all your zip files to make the ONE QUARTER their original size?!?!
Re:Anyone remember NaBob? (Score:5, Funny)
It has a non-GPL compliant license [sourceforge.net] though. Pity.
Re:Uh, no (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
-- I thought hard drives in Australia had to be installed upside down.
-- I read your post backwards, you insensitive clod.
-- You must be new around here, in Australia your hard drive reads you.
-- Imagine a beaowulf cluster of Australia bits!
Re:Damn. (Score:2, Funny)
They program in Ghostscript.
Increase ebay resale value (Score:2, Funny)
Even better results (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I HAVE seen UFOs (Score:1, Funny)
Me too! Scared me so much I dropped my bong!
Re:Uh, no (Score:5, Funny)
a high aureal density is those dark nipples and
a low aureal density is those bright pink nipples.
Right?
Aureal units (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:1, Funny)
Re:article summary (Score:2, Funny)
So, burn a large hole in the corner of your brain and life will be a lot happier!
I think I know how this works... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If it's real.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Virus ? (Score:5, Funny)
Wasn't there a movie about this? (Score:4, Funny)
Remember what happened to Keanu when he tried to use a RAM Doubler [imdb.com] to temporarily increase his storage space?
Re:Uh, no (Score:2, Funny)
It happens everywhere (Score:2, Funny)
Don't tell anybody, but if you get a couple of extra spark plug wires, and use them to connect the evaporative fuel cannister to the glove compartment, guess what? Now you have 6 cylinders purring in harmony under the hood.
Be aware, though, that it will lower your mileage a bit.
And don't tell your insurance agent. Your rates will go up.
Re:Anyone remember NaBob? (Score:3, Funny)
Best software license ever... =)
RAID? (Score:2, Funny)
Are you saying that we could use that space for software RAID1 solution?
Re:Uh, no (Score:1, Funny)
And isn't Australia part of Mordor?
Famous Joke (Score:3, Funny)
- First, you need a clean room, so make sure the garage door is closed before you begin. Move those old lawnmower parts off the bench. Disassemble the sealed unit and carefully wash all parts with paint thinners. Bend the read/write heads out of the way, and then disassemble the platter stack.
- VERY CAREFULLY buff the platter surfaces with the #4/0 steel wool. This will remove any existing data, level out any surface defects, and help to redistribute the magnetic media and fill in those pesky "bad sectors" that most drives have.
- Reassemble the platter stack, and using a
- Give the heads and platters a good shot of WD-40 and reassemble the unit. If your drive has a filter, replace it with a clean section of gauze pad.
All that's left is to low level and DOS format the drive, and you're back in business. I haven't tried this myself, but my friend's wife's sister-in-law's husband knows a technician that does it all the time....
Re:How smart u are.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Uh, no (Score:3, Funny)
fdisk -- PC slice table maintenance utility
bsdlabel -- read and write disk pack label
Of course, only an insane (or truly desperate) person ever uses these by hand. I had to do this once, and my coworkers called the ambulance because I broke out into a shaking sweat and started gibbering.
Re:yeah right. (Score:3, Funny)
BTW, if you get a 2nd full size fan/heatsink instead of cutting the original one in half with the CPU, you can do some massive overclocking of your 'new' dual processors.
"Lowball" speed advisories (Score:3, Funny)
Just use a hole puncher! (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, it's hard to find a hole puncher strong enough to get through a hard drive, but I've used a hack saw a couple of times... works like a charm!
Re:Uh, no (Score:3, Funny)
Better Way (Score:2, Funny)
First, collect the platers you pulled out of old useless drives (They are usually being used as coasters or Frizbees).
Next, open up your hard drive in a clean room (use the bathroom, turn on the shower for a while to increase humidity).
Insert old platters into new drive, you may have to wedge them in there, try removing the collars that seperate the platters.
Close drive, and reinsert into computer. You should get several megabytes more then you previously had.
NOTE: The Author takes no responsibilty for any damages and voiding of warrenty that may occour.
It's amazing, Marty! (Score:1, Funny)