Hard drive speeds
Question: 3 identical 5tb hard drives, each having 2 partitions. ntfs formatted..When running the crystaldiskmark speed tests, partitions on the same drive show significant differences in both read and write…
Hard disk making short, low, high-pitched noise semi-regularly
Question: I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with my brand new Seagate ST2000DM001(-9YN164) hard drive, if indeed anything. Irregularly, but seemingly every few minutes (every 3-7 minutes now in…
Hard Drive Crash Data sill accessible
Question: I had a guy bring me a computer to fix. Some low budget HP p.o.s. that had a laptop mobo in it, stock.He had the yellow light on his…
Is disk Format equivalent to TRIM on all blocks of SSD
Question: I wonder what happens to SSD disk if I format it in Windows. Does it replace old data with new data or tells it to erase data just like…
Using old Hard ?Drive and SSD
Question: I recently built a new computers and got a new SSD and Hard Drive. I have my old SSD which has windows on it. If I connect the SSD…
Phantom hard drive after deploying latest Windows 7 image from WDS
Question: Receiving a new batch of PCs prompted us to recapture our WDS image for our on-site Windows 7 machines. Rolled into the new image (i.e. the only changes that…
Can you have 2 Hard Drives and An SSD?
Question: Wondering because I have salvaged a hard drive from an old pc. I already have a Hard Drive and an ssd. Is there anything I need to know? Answer:…
Windows 7 can’t see exFat partition that I made in OSX Disk Utility
Question: My HDD is formatted as the following the purpose of the exFAT partition is to have a partition they can both use natively (and to dump all my files…
Why do M.2 Hard Disks run so hot?
Question: I have a Samsung 970 Pro 1TB M.2 Hard disks and regularly it runs at over 50*C. I know its not the drive i had a 512GB WD Black…
SSD or Hard Drive in a hot and humid environment
Question: Are SSDs less prone to failure than traditional hard drives in a more humid and hot environment? Answer: Going off this post then Yes This is the explanation given:…