Dying Seagate 3TB HDD
Question: So like 4 days ago my HDD wasn’t showing up in Windows one time when I turned it on, so I shutdown, checked the cables and turned it on…
Western Digital WD6400AAKS
WD6400AAKS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 640GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD6400AAKS-00E4A0 Western Digital 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information about…
Reallocate bad sector [Linux]
Question: I try to reallocate a bad sector. After reading this Question my understanding is, that the hard-drive tries to reallocate automatically. To trigger the process I tried to write…
Recovering data from RAW Harddrive
Question: I’m currently having a real hard time with a client’s external hard drive. From years of unplugging it without safe removal corrupted the drive. Usually Exploring the drive via…
Western Digital WD6400AADS
WD6400AADS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 640GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD6400AADS Western Digital Caviar Green 640GB SATA 3GB/s 7200RPM (intellipower) 32MB Cache 7-Pin…
Find hard drive volume number in Windows 7
Question: Read carefully: I need to identify the volume number not the serial of D:. This does not provide the volume number… vol D: The volume number for C: is……
Why does my SSD prevent my computer from booting?
Question: I have gone through 3 different WD Blue “3D NAND” SSDs. I have returned the first two because I thought they were defective. When the SSD is plugged in,…
Western Digital WD6400AACS
WD6400AACS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 640GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD6400AACS Western Digital Caviar Green 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s 7-Pin 16MB Cache 3.5-inch…
Hard drive has this tendency to just shut off
Question: I have this ‘new’ Dell work laptop for less than a month now. Something happened today that happened once on this laptop just recently before and also rarely on…
Is there a way to retrieve data from a dead hdd
Question: I have an old hp laptop. I can’t boot it and suspect hdd may be responsible for this. If my hdd is dead, is there any way I can…