What are the differences between primary and logical partition?
Question: What are the major differences? Which is more preferable? Are there any OS specific advantages for one over the other? Answer: In the legacy MBR partition scheme, only at…
Samsung HM100UX
HM100UX Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1TB and featuring a USB interface. All information about the Samsung HM100UX hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How vibration sensitive are hard disk drives?
Question: I’ve gotten my hands on a seriously cheap laptop grade 2.5 inch drive. I’m intending to use one on a desktop that doesn’t have 2.5 inch bays as a…
Samsung HD083GJ
HD083GJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD083GJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
When to stop using a hard drive? What rules/software apply?
Question: When having a old hard disk – when should you stop using it ? I recently got a new 1 TB hard disk, and am left with 3 old…
Samsung SP0812C
SP0812C Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP0812C hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Linux is to mount as Windows is to _______?
Question: So Linux “mounts” a hard drive to perform some operation such as reading/writing. Does Windows “mount” in the same way? Is it called something different in the context of…
Samsung HD082GJ
HD082GJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD082GJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
I plugged in a molex cable the wrong way and the power supply exploded. Did it kill my hard drive?
Question: I bought a cheap kit allowing me to use a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a laptop, by plugging it in with USB. It still requires external power supply…
Samsung HD080HJ
HD080HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD080HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…