Disable or sleep secondary hard drive in Macbook
Question: I’ve done some quick Googling but didn’t find an answer. I’ve put an SSD in my MacBook, and at the same time moved the original hard drive to the…
Seagate ST3000NC002
ST3000NC002 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3000NC002 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
how to resume ddrescue process?
Question: I have to recover my 1TB USB HD. I’m using ddrescue to accomplish this. ?Is there a way that I can resume ddrescue once I start it? I’m using…
Seagate ST3000NC000
ST3000NC000 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3000NC000 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What is the fastest way to mark bad sectors *without data recovery*?
Question: I have an out of warranty laptop that has an hdd with bad sectors. I say that because ?chkdsk /r got stuck for over 24 hours at certain %.…
Seagate ST3000DM007
ST3000DM007 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3000DM007 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Is ATA the same as IDE/PATA or SATA?
Question: I was taking a look at a HDD and I found a document (from Toshiba, link: 2.5-Inch SATA HDD mq01abdxxx) that says: ? Drive interface: Serial ATA, Revision 2.6…
Seagate ST3000DM003
ST3000DM003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3000DM003 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How do I troubleshoot a slow hard drive?
Question: My computer is suffering of slow-downs and I’m not surprised (it’s around 6years old). Here’s what I’ve verified: They are not very frequent (only a couple of times a…
Seagate ST3000DM001
ST3000DM001 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3000DM001 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…