How can I recover a crashed hard drive?
Question: My hard drive from my MacBook crashed and died hard last week. I replaced the drive with a new one, and installed 10.6/Snow Leopard on it. The old drive…
Seagate ST1000DL002
ST1000DL002 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST1000DL002 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Is a home NAS reliable to keep your data on (no other backups)?
Question: The question came up while I was thinking to move some data (e.g.) pictures, old but important other data solely to the NAS (private use, no business level). My…
Seagate ST1000LM044
ST1000LM044 Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST1000LM044 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What’s the difference between “shutting down the computer” vs “shutting down the hard disk”?
Question: I was wondering: What’s the difference between shutting down the computer and shutting down the hard disk? Aren’t they the same thing? That is: I can’t use the computer…
Seagate ST91000430AS
ST91000430AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST91000430AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How often should I run CHKDSK?
Question:Closed 8 years ago. ? For as long as I remember, I’ve been running CHKDSK once a month. However, with the advent of the “modern” operating system (i.e., Windows 7),…
Seagate ST1000LX015
ST1000LX015 Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST1000LX015 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Linux: Copy DVD ISO to empty hard disk / partition and boot as if it is a DVD?
Question: I have a broken DVD drive and no others available right now to burn a DVD iso to so I’d like to use a empty hard disk instead. I’ve…
Seagate ST1000LM049
ST1000LM049 Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST1000LM049 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…