Category: FAQs

Question: So, I just got a new hard drive to replace my old one. The new hard drive is a seagate compute 2 TB (ST2000DM008). I hear a weird noise…

Question: To check whether a SATA cable is bad, currently I’d run a disk benchmark and look at the SMART attribute “UltraDMD CRC Error Count.” ?However, that attribute seems to…

Question: I’m going to be installing Visual Studio 2010. ?I already have my source code on the SSD. ?For best performance, especially time to open the solution and compiling time,…

Question: I got a new external hard drive and tried it on my pc with 2.0 ports, but it didn’t recognize the hard drive and the hard drive started making…

Question: If you know the transfer rate, how do you calculate the bytes per track? Answer: Bytes per track depends totally on how the manufacturer laid out the disk internally,…

Question: Is it possible to access mapped network drives without the whole PC running in the normal way? I’ve recently migrated my Plex Media Server to NVIDIA Shield Pro –…

Question: I’m posting for a friend of mine. She bought a WD MyPassport Essential SE 1 TB Hard drive the other day. When she plugged in the USB in her…

Question: I’ve had my PC for years now using the same 1TB Hard Drive since I built it. I’ve just recently bought an SSD as I can’t stand the long…

Question: I’m running windows XP and I’ve noticed it has become quite sluggish in the past few months. ? Background: I have suspected a few programs, but I haven’t found…

Question: Hi guys! I’ve recently cleaned up my home work area. I found a few hard drives and thought I’d try setting up a RAID. The HDD’s are all WD…