It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/banana_master_420 on 2025-04-07 11:14:54.

There was a song called shards of memories by skeldon , but it has been removed from all platformms for some reason. Has anyone downloaded it before it was removed? I would love to have this song back.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/extrahertz on 2025-04-07 10:12:08.

Trying to calm the nerves of a friend. They can't exactly remember their password after using Samsung Magician on their Windows 10 pc to enable hardware encryption on a Samsung T7 portable SSD. But if they felt confident they would be permitted to make like 20 or 30 guesses, then they could probably figure out their password. So, does the T7 permanently lock out users from making any further attempts after submitting a certain number of incorrect guesses?

After searching (including their user guide), I didn't find any mention of a max limit on attempts, which is a good sign, but I'd rather be sure before saying it's ok to go the brute force route.

(Edit - I am already aware the hardware can be rescued by sacrificing the data inside, but the goal is to rescue the data.)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AMGraduate564 on 2025-04-07 10:01:44.

I would like to archive some YouTube videos to the highest resolution. Is there a service available for this purpose or an OSS tool?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Dj_acclaim on 2025-04-07 09:17:02.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Main_Abrocoma6000 on 2025-04-07 04:01:20.

So imagine you got big mounted drives in linux. 100TB ones. and the rule i read is always 20%.. but this means i got 20TB sitting around doing noting. is that 20% still applicable on bigger mounted RAID5 volumes ? need some help and clarification if anyone has that?

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/retrorays on 2025-04-07 03:48:23.

I'm using winmerge to compare folders to see what is different.

Using duplicate cleaner (https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html) to find duplicate files in general. Also have some fast powershell scripts.

For file copy, planning to use teracopy or fastcopy.

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Any preference on these tools, or others that can be used?

thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dougmike770 on 2025-04-07 03:02:54.

Hello i want to use a 2 tb sdcard in my vita and the 2nd time i wrote the zzblank to it then formatted it wont recognize anymore. im wondering if i should try a new sdcard and fresh zzblank then format or is there a way to make the other card totally free of the zzblank stamp then re do it. another issue could be that 2 tb is too large for some reason . any advice or experience is appreciated thnks

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JackRose322 on 2025-04-07 02:28:25.

Hi all,

I'm starting the process of digitizing my old family photos and want to run some things by the experts here. I've purchased a Epson V600 and I've downloaded SilverFast 9 SE.

After doing some research online it seems the best process would be to scan my photos as 48 Bit HDR Raw. Especially because I know nothing about photo editing and that's a whole other world to learn about before I get good at it. Is scanning in RAW generally the recommended course of action around here?

I was also wondering what ppi folks think I should scan in as I've seen wildly varying recommendations. SilverFast seems to stop it's pre-set ppi options at 600 but a lot of places online have said to go way above that which I guess I could do with a custom input.

Are there any additional settings in SilverFast that I should be using?

Also, I'd love any tips on tools or how-to guides for organizing the photo collection and/or photo editing. Thanks in advance for your help!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jinx771 on 2025-04-07 01:50:26.

Like the title says, I have two old 1TB HDDs that I want to repurpose but that I do not trust for data storage as they are both over 6 years old and both make kinda weird noises when they're actively being read/written to (not the click noise, just static sounds).

This is my modest data server setup right now: i got a beelink SER5 as the server running ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I got an ORICO 4 bay raid drive with 2 14TB drives in RAID1 as my main data storage solution. Then I got a usb 2.5/3.5 dock. Currently my two random 1TB drives are sitting in the dock.

I guess what I'm asking for is an idea for a project with these two drives that I am skeptical for using for critical data storage. I'm by no means an expert in data storage, but i like to tinker around with stuff like this. One idea I had was trying to do data forensics on one of the drives since I formatted them. Yeah Idk, just looking for ideas!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MadDogFenby on 2025-04-07 01:37:06.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Merchant_Lawrence on 2025-04-06 23:54:06.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dustshad on 2025-04-06 23:51:11.

For external USB drives like Seagate, Samsung, WD, etc - I see a lot of information about copying speed. But I'm more interested in why they seem to pause sometimes. Like opening a new window and you have to wait to see the files, while the drive makes a whirring sound. Is there a word for that?

I edit video and want to minimize the instances where the drive freezes like that. Are they all about the same, or are some snappier to work with?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WaluigiGamer69 on 2025-04-06 23:45:52.

Im very new to this. Basically I want to store lots of movies, in 4k and 1080p. Right now I have a cloud solution, but I need something bigger. Right now I have a Blu-ray player that plays movies in 4k hdr with Dolby vision and atmos. So I figured I just put the movies on a few external hard drives and play it of that? Or is it smarter to use a NAS and play the movies some other way? Any advice is most welcome.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DayFinancial9218 on 2025-04-06 23:36:32.

Just released by Stratos Network is a secure and anonymous way to upload and share video, audio and picture files. It is a free at the moment. Give it a try at http://myspace.thestratos.org/ and give us feedback

There is no need to create an account. All files are stored on censorship resistant decentralized storage. Files can be access across national firewalls as well.

If anyone is interested in forking the website and upgrading to modifying to your use case, let me know and will give you the codebase.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kitsumed on 2025-04-06 23:28:29.

Hello, my name is Kitsumed (Med). I'm looking to advertise and get feedback on a web application I created called OngakuVault.

I've always enjoyed listening to the audios I could find on the web. Unfortunately, on a number of occasions, some of theses music where no longer available on the web. So I got into the habit of backing up the audio files I liked. For a long time, I did this manually, retrieving the file, adding all the associated metadata, then connecting via SFTP/SSH to my audio server to move the files. All this took a lot of time and required me to be on a computer with the right softwares. One day, I had an idea: what if I could automate all of this from a single web application?

That's how the first (“private”) version of OngakuVault was born. I soon decided that it would be interesting to make it public, in order to gain more experience with open source projects in general.

OngakuVault is an API written in C#, using ASP.NET. An additional web interface is included by default. With OngakuVault, you can create download tasks to scrape websites using yt-dlp. The application will then do its best to preserve all existing metadata while defining the values you gave when creating the download task. It also supports embedded, static and timestamp-synchronized lyrics, and attempts to detect whether a lossless audio file is available. Its available on Windows, Linux, and Docker.

You can get to the website here: https://kitsumed.github.io/OngakuVault/

You can go directly to the github repo here: https://github.com/kitsumed/OngakuVault

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/leadplasticmold on 2025-04-06 22:32:02.

hello! i recently set up a home server and i want to add more storage space. the space will be for media like movies, books, manga. i would prefer the simplest possible option but don't know what that would be! could i just attach an external drive via usbc? thank you for the help.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Sad-Seesaw-3843 on 2025-04-06 22:24:59.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BrendoVino on 2025-04-06 21:39:15.

FYI: My skill level on this is 3/10.

I'm trying to build out our NAS systems - and optimising for speed.

I'm struggling to find any rack-mount NVME-centric NAS systems, or economical external NVME-centric NAS setups. There's a few, but they're from indie companies, with a price-tag to match.

But then I've found the ASUS Hyper Card - which is basically what I'm looking for - but it's wildly cheaper than dedicated housings.

Is this just where the tech is currently at?

Why wouldn't I just build a 'pc' that's a 'rack' of ASUS Hyper Cards instead of a dedicated Rack-mount NVME setup?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/selissinzb on 2025-04-06 21:10:13.

Hi,

For years I've been using shucked WD Drives but recently the prices of Ultrastar drives have been more gentle on wallet and I want to gradually move towards enterprise drives.

Last few days I spent on reading and watching reviews and it's hard to draw conclusion if those drives are really that loud. I know what to expect from working drive but can someone are they really that loud?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/UltimateDillon on 2025-04-06 20:13:22.

Helloo, I was wondering if I clone a drive using whatever cloning software, does it clone faster if there's less files on it? I know that it clones every sector whether the sector is empty or not, so I have doubts that it will be faster than copying the files that are on there manually. What's the truth?

Edit: Thank you guys, I'm gonna look into CloneZilla

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PM_ME_UR_COFFEE_CUPS on 2025-04-06 19:24:51.

I’ve been using Seagate Exos X18 for years without issues from serverpartdeals. But this Dell branded Exos X16 just clicks about 20 times after it spins up and never shows in the device list.

Is this drive in need of the Kapton tape 3rd pin fix, or do I have a bad drive? I ordered some Kapton tape from Amazon and it’ll be here Tuesday.

Ps I tried scotch tape but it didn’t work. It’s clear so I couldn’t tell if I got full cover over the pin.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OneAngryFan on 2025-04-06 19:13:58.

Hi there,

I got two old hard drives but no AC Adapters, and I am a bit lost which ones to get.

The first external HD is a San Max HD-337-U2

The other one is a Buffallo HD - HC250IU2-RDE

Any help is highly appreciated.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/talon1324 on 2025-04-06 18:37:04.

Hi, I’ve installed my CT500MX200SSD4 (M.2 SATA) drive, which contains the OS, into a new AM5 motherboard (ASRock B650M PG Lightning), but it’s not detecting the drive. I’ve been reading that the most likely reason is that the M.2 slot doesn’t support SATA, only nvme.

What would be the best way to boot from my drive with the new motherboard, or at least be able to access the data?

Is it recommended to use an adapter?

If so, which one specifically?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/noobshark3 on 2025-04-06 17:06:12.

Hey. I have the netapp 4246 enclosure, with two controllers and two power supplies.

I have a LSI 9300-8E HBA.

This is the picture of my setup. It has the picture of the HBA connection, the NetApp cable connection and the HDD Sled having the light on.

https://imgur.com/a/BMjtf6j

I can't for the life of me figure out why the cable: Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 > Mini SAS SFF-8088 doesn't turn on any LED light in the enclosure.

The HDD Sled turns on its LED light, but the cable doesn't. Also, the cable feels very wiggly.

This is my first time dealing with this NetApp enclosure and I've already searched during the last 4 hours of any tip for the cable, but besides pulling the blue thingy for it to latch and "click" it doesn't really seem like it's entering properly.

I'm using it in the SQUARE entrance, as that's supposedly the one I should use.

Can anyone help me understand what is going on?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Deep-Egg-6167 on 2025-04-06 14:54:37.

Hello,

If you were setting up a relatively large array for Windows would you use REFS?