Recent content by GCOCommander

This will restore the MFT, follow my directions the WIKI gives confusing advice. I have been using this program for over 10 years. "Also when I did analyze and then quick search, it got stuck in one place " This means that your hard drive is trashed usually. I don't think you can fix it using...

When you open test disk you should see create. It sound like you are using Photorec possibly, which is part of the test disk programs but searches the drive for files. Once you see create just hit enter, then select your disk, hit enter, select the type of partition (should be intel), select...

If you have enough cooling in your case you will be ok. Desktops have allot better airflow than laptops. The M.2 should be toward the top of the card, the hot parts of the GPU are in the middle, that should be enough space to prevent overheating.

Apple design has been pissing me off for quite some time. Why would you solder Ram to a motherboard? Ram can fail, now you need to get a whole new MB if you want more or if one chip has a bad day. Not only that, but apple deems it necessary to change pin layouts every 5 minutes, so the cost of...

Windows will say this when it finds un-writable sectors or corruption. I just started another discussion about this same drive. They do fail, from what I can tell they are melting from extreme heat. I would back-up your information and prepare for the worst.

That's what i have been seeing. They are melting. I think it also may be the fact that apple went with an m.2 "super" drive. Or an overclocked m.2, combine that with the abysmal cooling capacity of the laptop in such a confined space and you get liquid data.

I own an IT business. We see thousands of computers per year. I was excited to see the new m.2 drives performance and was impressed by their form factor. Yet, I have seen dozens of failed m.2 drives coming into my shop. Their reliability has got me worried. I have seen no less than 30 failed mac...