Where is S.M.A.R.T. data stored on a HDD?
Question: The S.M.A.R.T. attributes are attributes that a HDD keeps about its health and performance. I know that the MBR is stored at C,H,S (0,0,1) which leaves no free disc…
Seagate ST3160212SCE
ST3160212SCE Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3160212SCE hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How do I recover data from my presumably dead hard disk
Question: I have a Seagate ST3500620AS (Barracuda 7200.11) hard disk: SATA 500GB 7200 spindle speed I’ve used this disk for about 2 years now. But today it happened that my…
Seagate ST3100011A
ST3100011A Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3100011A hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
HDD activity when computer is idle
Question: What can cause HDD activity when computer is left idle? My HDD is quite loud and I want to get rid of the noise when computer is idle. It…
Seagate ST9160827AS
ST9160827AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST9160827AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
RAID5 vs RAID4 purpose of floating parity
Question: I still did not get why is RAID5 better than RAID4. I understand both computes parity bits that are used for recovering if some failure occurs, the only difference…
Seagate ST9160823AS
ST9160823AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST9160823AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How to monitor Windows XP disk I/O?
Question: My Windows environment (main development machine) is running a bit slow with operations involving the hard disk. As an indication, the HD light is constantly flashing and e.g. saving…
Seagate ST91608220AS
ST91608220AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST91608220AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…