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Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter?
kidcharles writes "I'm working on a project that requires writing bits to a magnetic hard drive platter in a completely controlled fashion. I need to be able to control exactly where 1s and 0s will appear physically on the platter. Normally when data is written to a drive the actual bits that get written are determined by the file system being used, as modified by whatever kind of error handling the drive itself is using (e.g. Reed-Solomon). All of the modern innovations in file systems and error handling are great for reliable and efficient data storage, but they are making my particular task quite daunting. My question for Slashdot: is there a way to get down to the 'bare metal' and write these bits? Any good utilities out there to do this? Obviously a free and open source solution would be preferable, but I'm open to anything at this point."
The stuff Spinrite does stopped working 15 years ago.
What, bullshit? That still works just fine, most of the time.
The Apple IIe was a wretched computer with awful software [...]
Which just goes to show people shouldn't be so surprised by the iPad...
<quote><p>Hahaha how cute. This high school student thinks he knows something. And smug as we</p></quote>
Got nothing better to do than start a flame?
I tried to give an answer, maybe as stupid as it could be, but better than your for sure.
Why don't all of the morons who answer with such stupid sentences cut their veins and RIP?
The world would be a better place, for sure.
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You're welcome.