How should I interpret the specifications of a SSD?
Question: When considering to buy a SSD, how should I interpret the different specifications of the SSD? Here are some specific things that need to be deciphered: Controller (this can…
Samsung SP1604N
SP1604N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SP1604N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Is it safe to use a HDD while rsync is running?
Question: I plan to backup my large HDDs by rsync, and anticipate that it takes a few days. Is it safe to use the original HDD (adding files) while rsync…
Samsung HM160JC
HM160JC Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung HM160JC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Running Spinrite from a USB drive?
Question: I need to use SpinRite on my notebook which has no CD-ROM. How can I install and run SpinRite from a USB thumbdrive? Such that I could boot the…
Samsung HM160HC
HM160HC Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung HM160HC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What is the maximum number of partitions that can be made on a hard drive?
Question: What is the maximum number of partitions we can make on hard disk in Windows? If it is limited to some particular number, why can we assign all the…
Samsung SV1203N
SV1203N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 120GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SV1203N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Is a 7200rpm USB 3.0 drive going to have very similar performance to an internal 7200rpm drive or is it still going to be noticeably slower?
Question: I use my old 500gb drive to store all temporary stuff (windows temp folder, adobe scratch disks etc), and anything that needs thousands of small files to avoid unnecessarily…
Samsung SP1203N
SP1203N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 120GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SP1203N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…