Storing hard drive near electric wire
Question: Can storing a hard drive near an electric wire (220V) damage the hard drive? I have no clue about such things so I thought I’d ask here. It’s just…
How to add a 2.5″ drive to a desktop computer case?
Question: I’m changing my computer case to the Fractal Design Define R3. It looks like a nice case, and it seems to have great reviews. I’ve got a 2.5″ SSD…
Cleaning up temp files in Mac OS X
Question: My 4 months old Mac partition volume is losing space slowly and gradually. I am pretty sure there are a lot of orphaned temporary files laying around in the…
Calculating hard disk block model reading time
Question: My professor posted a slide on how to calculate the data retrieval from hard disk using the block model. The specs were: 7200 RPM 5ms SEEK 80MB/s TRANSFER RATE…
Do S.M.A.R.T. tests wear out the hard disk?
Question: I was wondering, is it safe to do “extended” smart test on a 1TB hdd regularly ( once a month) ? what about “short” and “conveyance” Answer: Yes, albeit…
Why is there a lot of disk usage after laptop starts up from hibernation?
Question: When I turn my laptop on after it hibernated and even when I m at the point where I m at my desktop and I can well, use my…
What is the granularity of a hard disk URE (unrecoverable read error)?
Question: tl;dr in case a URE ?occurs on a hdd, will I loose 1bit, 1Byte, or the size of a sector (512Bytes, or 4096 Bytes AF)? and if possible explain…
Is a computer’s DRAM size not as important once we get a Solid State Drive?
Question: I am thinking of getting a Dell X11 netbook, and it can go up to 8GB of DRAM, together with a 256GB Solid State Drive. So in that case,…
Chkdsk consistently failing due to no free space but it has 90% free space
Question: I have a drive that I suspect is a bit borked but none of the sensors or alerts have gone off on it. Regardless I decided to move important…
Are laptop hard drives fairly generic, or do I need to be careful to get the right one for my computer model?
Question: I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, and the hard drive is failing and I’d like to get a new one. ? What I’m wondering is, do I need…