Why is there a lot of disk usage after laptop starts up from hibernation?
Question: When I turn my laptop on after it hibernated and even when I m at the point where I m at my desktop and I can well, use my…
Seagate ST3450857SS
ST3450857SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 450GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3450857SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What is the granularity of a hard disk URE (unrecoverable read error)?
Question: tl;dr in case a URE ?occurs on a hdd, will I loose 1bit, 1Byte, or the size of a sector (512Bytes, or 4096 Bytes AF)? and if possible explain…
Seagate ST3400755SS
ST3400755SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 400GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3400755SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Is a computer’s DRAM size not as important once we get a Solid State Drive?
Question: I am thinking of getting a Dell X11 netbook, and it can go up to 8GB of DRAM, together with a 256GB Solid State Drive. So in that case,…
Seagate ST33000650SS
ST33000650SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST33000650SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Chkdsk consistently failing due to no free space but it has 90% free space
Question: I have a drive that I suspect is a bit borked but none of the sensors or alerts have gone off on it. Regardless I decided to move important…
Seagate ST936701SS
ST936701SS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 36GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST936701SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Are laptop hard drives fairly generic, or do I need to be careful to get the right one for my computer model?
Question: I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, and the hard drive is failing and I’d like to get a new one. ? What I’m wondering is, do I need…
Seagate ST3300657SS
ST3300657SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 300GB and featuring a SAS interface. All information about the Seagate ST3300657SS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…