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 a IDE interface. SP1604N Samsung Spinpoint P80 160GB 7200RPM ATA-133 2MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information…
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 a IDE interface. HM160JC Samsung SpinPoint M80 160GB 5400RPM IDE / ATA-100 8MB Cache 2.5-inch Hard Drive.…
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 a IDE interface. HM160HC-N Samsung Spinpoint M5 HM160HC 160 GB 2.5 Internal Hard Drive IDE Ultra ATA/100…
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 a IDE interface. SV1203N Samsung Spinpoint V80 120GB 5400RPM ATA-133 2MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information…
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 a IDE interface. SP1203N Samsung SpinPoint P80 120GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache ATA/IDE-133 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information…