Is “Turn Off Windows write-cache buffer flushing” safe on a laptop?
Question: my laptop’s internal harddrive is a bit slow. I looked at the drive properties and there are two options: Enable write caching on the device Turn off windows write-cache…
What directories in a Windows 7 SSD install would you link/junction to an HDD?
Question: I’m planning on installing an SSD/HDD combination with the SSD as my boot (Windows 7 x64) drive, and a spinning HDD as a storage drive. Are there any log…
Windows page file on multiple hard drives
Question: I cant find any documentation or articles online online for this… how does Windows handle page files on multiple hard drives? ?Does windows treat them as a concatenation, writing…
Can a failed Btrfs drive in RAID-1 be replaced live?
Question: I am trying to decide on a filesystem and would like to know if it is possible to replace a failed drive in btrfs RAID without downtime. Suppose I…
chkdsk /f /r alternative in ubuntu linux
Question: In windows os chkdsk /f /r will fix a hdd error automatically.i have lost access in my laptop though i am able to live boot into my laptop using…
Can prematurely powering down a computer cause bad sectors in a hard drive?
Question: Q1: Can forcibly powering off a PC without using the built-in shutdown/reboot functions, cause a HDD to accumulate bad sectors? Whether it be the result of BSODs, lockups, crashes,…
How to increase a virtualbox’ disk size?
Question: The title says it all. I created the disk and now I would like to increase its size. I know I could add a new one, but I don’t…
Run a computer without RAM?
Question:Does every OS need RAM? ?? ??(12 answers) ?? ???Closed 6 years ago. ? I was reading about CPU fetch time, where I found that CPUs take much less time…
How to get a second PSU to power only hard drives if the CPU and motherboard connectors are not used?
Question: I would like to add more disks than my main PSU can handle, so I plugged them on another PSU (Corsair VS450) but it does not power them as…
Overcoming “windows can only be installed to gpt disks” while installing windows 8 to new computer
Question: I bought a new laptop without windows. Now i want to install windows 8. I formated entire harddisk(file format = NTFS) and then tried to install windows 8. When…