Check health of eMMC
Question: How can I check the health of eMMC with linux? It seems that smartctl can’t handle it: root@om:~# smartctl -a /dev/mmcblk0smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 (local build)Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce…
Seagate ST96023AS
ST96023AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 60GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST96023AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Force spin-down of external hard-drive on linux (raspberry pi)
Question: I’m currently setting up a home-server using a Raspberry Pi with an external hard-disk connected via usb.However, my hard-drive will never spin down when being idle. I tried already…
Seagate ST5000DM003
ST5000DM003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 5TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST5000DM003 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Why does HDD activity slow the whole System down (on Windows 7)?
Question: If I copy a large amount of data from on drive to another (physical) drive my whole system is running slow. I am using Windows 7 64bit version on…
Seagate ST5000DM000
ST5000DM000 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 5TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST5000DM000 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Windows 10: No option to Eject External HARD DRIVE (NOT USB Stick)
Question: When I plug in my external hard drive (again, NOT USB stick), and right click on the icon in This PC, there is no option to eject the drive.…
Seagate ST5000LM000
ST5000LM000 Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 5TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST5000LM000 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Do SSD hybrid drives perform better than HDD + ReadyBoost flash?
Question: Seagate has released a product called the Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive. This looks exactly like what Windows ReadyBoost attempts to do with software at the OS level:…
Seagate ST500DM005
ST500DM005 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST500DM005 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…