HDD Regenerator

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Hadron, Jul 28, 2023.

  1. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    HDD Regenerator is a unique program for regeneration of physically damaged disk drives. It does not hide bad sectors, it really restores them!

    New! HDD Regenerator 2024
    • Installation OS: Windows 10, 11
    • Supported OS (with bootable media): Any
    • Supported drive types: HDD, SSD, NVMe
    • Bootable mode: UEFI 64-bit, UEFI x86, legacy BIOS
    • Bootable media: USB flash drive
    • Windows modes: scan, test, refresh, regenerate, S.M.A.R.T.
    • Bootable media modes (any operating system): scan, test, refresh, regenerate, S.M.A.R.T.
    • Supported file systems: Any
     
  2. moredhelfinland

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    This software is a lifesaver, some years ago, our sports timekeeping PC (HDD) and we had a sudden power cut. And it caused a lot of bad sectors to HDD. Main timekeeping PC refused to start, because of bad sectors.
    This software fixed things, tho it took several hours to scan and fix. In the end...system bootable, thanks to this software. Highly recommended.
     
  3. stapp

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    Even changing the URL to https instead of http I still get a warning. Anyone else?
     
  4. Hadron

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    Hi stapp.
    I just tried the link on three different browsers. No warning. Everything seems normal.

    Is it coming from the browser, or some anti-malware crap?
     
  5. pegas

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    Getting the same warning as @stapp , the site is insecure
     
  6. stapp

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    I used Edge and Vivaldi and got a warning in both. Edge about a cert and Vivaldi a Red warning triangle and NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID. Neither browser showed a padlock.

    Only telling what I experienced :)
     
  7. XIII

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    They use an SSL certificate that expired on January 22 (2023).
     
  8. zapjb

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    Sounds like snake oil. Is this purported to work SSDs as well?
     
  9. moredhelfinland

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    Cetrificate or not. Software itself works and that all matters.
    Snake oil...oh my gad.
     
  10. xxJackxx

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    I'm not too alarmed by expired certificates. They appear to use a 3rd party payment processor so if I had a use for this software I wouldn't let the certificate issue stop me.
     
  11. XIII

    XIII Registered Member

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    For the $99.99 this program costs you can also/almost buy a brand new hard drive (and restore your backup).
     
  12. xxJackxx

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    This program is for the 90% of people that don't make backups.
     
  13. zapjb

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    Around where I live that's totally correct.
     
  14. Brummelchen

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    damages cant be repaired, its physically. bad sectors maybe, but ofc firmware do not flag for fun sectors as bad. bad sectors are read out as possible and moved. there is a lot of spare for bad sectors, if count rises very fast the drive is gonna dying. crystaldiskinfo is for free.
     
  15. zapjb

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    Amen 100%
     
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    So HDD Regenerator is still a thing :D
    For that price, this program is adequate for technicians os sysadmins dealing with many drives. Sometimes weak sectors might appear but as others said physical damage or weak sectors increasing rapidly an imminent death is very close, so it's better to replace the drive.
     
  17. Brummelchen

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    currently a new SSD 870 evo 1TB (still SATA) is about 60 euro (price falling) or 980 Pro 1TB (M.2) for 70 euro here in europe. plus CDI and regular backups = safe.
     
  18. B-boy/StyLe/

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    Victoria is also free.
     
  19. A_mouse

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    It is not snake-oil. I have used the previous 2011 version.
    This software is one of the few tools that compares with Steve Gibson's SpinRite.
    HD manufactures have used SpinRite for testing and repairing drives for decades.
    They don't think it is snake-oil.

    If SpinRite is anything to go by then this will indeed be useful for recovering full SSD speed from ageing drives.

    People often say "just buy another drive", but forget that if you want to salvage your data you need reliable data to salvage.
    You should use a tool like this before salvaging to another new drive.

    Often the issue is a drive no longer boots or cannot be recognised by the OS.
    You should use a tool like this to make it valid and usable again.
    Very, very, very often the issue is the OS falls over 1 single hard to read block/cylinder at the beginning of the drive.
    In this instance you may be able to use the free HDD Regenerator demo version to make your dead drive come back to life, then salvage it.

    I use a free alternative tool (diskfresh) to refresh my drives 4 times a year.
    It makes a big difference to the drive speed when it only takes 1 pass to read or write a block/cylinder.

    As for the site certificate, it doesn't have one so that's why you get an error
    https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.dposoft.net
    If you force HTTPS you get the cert for the hosting company, which if valid you wouldn't want to trust anyway.
    https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.dposoft.net
     
    Last edited: Jul 28, 2023
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  21. Brummelchen

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    as mentioned, it has reason when firmware marks sectors as defective.
     
  22. stapp

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