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Started by homes32 , Aug 15 2011 03:16 PM

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#1 homes32

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Posted 15 August 2011 - 03:16 PM

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File Name: Victoria for Windows
File Submitter: homes32
File Submitted: 15 Aug 2011
File Updated: 04 Oct 2011
File Category: App scripts

Victoria is a powerful and complex utility for performing low-level hard drive diagnostics, repair & benchmarking.
Recommended for advanced users only!

Features:
  • View full technical information on drives.
  • Manipulate SMART tests and view SMART status.
  • Extensive testing and benchmarking with graphical maps.
  • Low level sector viewing and manipulation.
  • Much more...
Basic English help included (.pdf)

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#2 thefuse

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 01:45 PM

Very usefull script!....thank you works flawlessly on WB82(Win7PE_SE).... :good:

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 02:11 PM

If I may, I would like to remark the:

Recommended for advanced users only!

Or. if you prefer, to these:

Features:

  • View full technical information on drives.
  • Manipulate SMART tests and view SMART status.
  • Extensive testing and benchmarking with graphical maps.
  • Low level sector viewing and manipulation.
  • Much more...

you can add this feature ;):
  • Easily "botch" a hard disk in such a way that DATA on it will be absolutely UNrecoverable :ph34r:
Be very, very, VERY careful when experimenting with this kind of tools. :)

Or, DO NOT come here whining about your hard disk having been wiped/whatever. :whistling:

:cheers:
Wonko

#4 sambul61

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 04:08 PM

Actually, Victoria author recommends using Victoria for DOS due to differences how HDs are addressed in DOS and Windows. In particular, full write access to HDs in Windows is not always available, direct access to disk might not be possible, and tests speed is limited. Also, the drives need to be accessed with BIOS settings switched to IDE emulation.

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:54 AM

very very nice.

I can't get it to work on one perticular machine. Think I've got some serious hardware issues.

The security options only become visible in PIO mode. This is where there's an issue with the passport on the drives I've tested.

Drive comes up good in API Mode though. But unfortunately I don't think you can use the secuirty functions.

Oh well.

Edited by Boot_Monkey, 04 July 2012 - 04:52 AM.

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 04:06 PM

The security options only become visible in PIO mode. This is where there's an issue with the passport on the drives I've tested.

Drive comes up good in API Mode though. But unfortunately I don't think you can use the secuirty functions.


This is expected. in PIO mode Victoria uses the porttalk driver to talk directly to the hardware and bypass the restrictive windows API. You may have to play a bit with the PCI port/channel settings to find your drive.

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 11:43 PM

Yeah, I can't seem to get it working in PIO Mode.

This is all I get.....

9:34:02 : Starting Victoria 4.46b Freeware (12.08.2008), 4xCPU, 2464.94 MHz, Windows unknown NT found.
9:34:02 : Select PRIMARY port: base=1F0h, alternative=1F7h
9:34:26 : Drive reset... timeout
9:34:27 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:34:27 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:34:28 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:34:30 : Select SECONDARY port: base=170h, alternative=177h
9:34:59 : Drive reset... timeout
9:35:00 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:35:00 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:35:00 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:35:08 : Select PRIMARY port: base=1F0h, alternative=1F7h
9:35:09 : Set SLAVE port (base=1F0, alternative=1F7)
9:35:27 : Drive reset... timeout
9:35:28 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:35:28 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:35:28 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:35:33 : Select SECONDARY port: base=170h, alternative=177h
9:35:36 : Drive reset...
9:35:52 : Drive reset... timeout
9:35:53 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:35:53 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:35:54 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:36:30 : Drive reset... timeout
9:36:31 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:36:31 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:36:31 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:36:48 : Drive reset... timeout
9:36:49 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:36:49 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:36:49 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:37:05 : Drive reset... timeout
9:37:06 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:37:06 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:38:28 : Starting Victoria 4.46b Freeware (12.08.2008), 4xCPU, 2465.15 MHz, Windows unknown NT found.
9:38:12 : Command interrupted by user!
9:39:38 : Drive reset...
9:39:47 : Select EXTERNAL port: base=D000h, alternative=D402h
9:39:54 : Drive reset... timeout
9:39:55 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:39:55 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
9:39:55 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
9:39:57 : PCI Bus Scan...
9:40:05 : Waiting of readiness... Drive not ready!
9:40:05 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!



Update: Not sure what I did, but it's now detected. The estimated time for a erasure is 68minutes, but it reckons it did it in a split second.

Just confirmed that it didn't touch the drive at all.

Edited by Boot_Monkey, 05 July 2012 - 12:02 AM.

#8 homes32

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:38 PM

I've seen that as well on a few drives I have tried. Seems like it set the password for the drive lock but never started the erasure process. I ended up using hdparam to finish the wipe.
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