Parted Magic Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:45:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 How to clean an MBR and recover drive partitions https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-clean-an-mbr-and-recover-drive-partitions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-clean-an-mbr-and-recover-drive-partitions Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:51:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3671 Sometimes it’s necessary to recover drive partitions because you accidentally repartitioned a drive you didn’t mean to, or because your MBR got infected or otherwise trashed. Here’s how to recover them, for free. Infecting MBRs with malware is popular with

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]]> 3671 MBR rootkits don’t mean you have to wipe the drive https://dfarq.homeip.net/mbr-rootkits-dont-mean-you-have-to-wipe-the-drive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mbr-rootkits-dont-mean-you-have-to-wipe-the-drive https://dfarq.homeip.net/mbr-rootkits-dont-mean-you-have-to-wipe-the-drive/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:09:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3669 There’s a nasty rumor going around that if your computer gets infected with the Popureb rootkit, your only recourse is to wipe your MBR, reformat your hard drive, and reinstall (or run your factory recovery disk, which is essentially the

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/mbr-rootkits-dont-mean-you-have-to-wipe-the-drive/feed/ 1 3669 A free SSD alignment tool https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-align-your-ssd-or-raid-array-for-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-align-your-ssd-or-raid-array-for-free https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-align-your-ssd-or-raid-array-for-free/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:44:51 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2819 We’ve talked recently about the importance of aligning your partitions on your SSD or your RAID array. What if I told you you could align an SSD or RAID array for free? Here’s where to find a free SSD alignment

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