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2. TestDisk - Wikipedia

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   TestDisk is a free and open-source data recovery utility that helps users recover lost partitions or repair corrupted filesystems. [1] TestDisk can collect detailed information about a corrupted drive, which can then be sent to a technician for further analysis.

3. Data recovery - Wikipedia

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   The most common data recovery scenarios involve an operating system failure, malfunction of a storage device, logical failure of storage devices, accidental damage or deletion, etc. (typically, on a single-drive, single-partition, single-OS system), in which case the ultimate goal is simply to copy all important files from the damaged media to another new drive.

4. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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   Gradual hard-drive failure can be harder to diagnose, because its symptoms, such as corrupted data and slowing down of the PC (caused by gradually failing areas of the hard drive requiring repeated read attempts before successful access), can be caused by many other computer issues, such as malware.

5. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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   For an easier fix, ... Corrupted system files: ... Upgrade to an SSD: Replace your traditional hard drive with a solid-state drive (SSD) for faster boot times, ...

6. Bad sector - Wikipedia

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   Hard disk reader. A bad sector in computing is a disk sector on a disk storage unit that is unreadable. Upon taking damage, all information stored on that sector is lost. When a bad sector is found and marked, the operating system like Windows or Linux will skip it in the future.

7. CHKDSK - Wikipedia

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   It verifies the integrity of the file system on a volume (usually a partition) and attempts to fix logical file system errors. Logical errors are typically defined as software-level problems with a filesystem (or its metadata ) as a result of prior software malfunction (e.g. crashes) or irregular use (e.g. hard resets).