Trying to remove/diagnose single Current_Pending_Sector in S.M.A.R.T. data
Question: I’m in a process of doing a fresh Linux install and before I went to do that I thought that it is a good time to verify HDD health…
Samsung HD252HJ
HD252HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD252HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Should I store my code/projects on my SSD or my secondary drive?
Question: I just got a new box. It has an SSD for the primary drive and a 1TB SATA hard disk for the secondary drive. ? I’m going to run…
Samsung HD251HJ
HD251HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD251HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What do the different colours of the SATA ports on my motherboard mean?
Question: I’ve bought a new hard drive for my system, and my motherboard (an ASUS M2A VM HDMI) appears to have two black and two red SATA ports, with the…
Samsung SP2514N
SP2514N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP2514N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Internal hard drives showing as removable in Windows 10
Question: My internal drives are showing for some reason as removable in windows (one is SSD and the other is an HDD) in Windows 10 Pro. I read somewhere this…
Samsung SP2504C
SP2504C Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP2504C hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How to increase the disk cache of Windows 7
Question: Under Windows 7 (64 bit), I’m reading through 9000 moderately sized files. ?In total, there is more than 200 MB of data. ?Using Java (JDK 1.6.21) I’m iterating over…
Samsung HD250HJ
HD250HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD250HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…