My hard drive seems to be overheating… what should I do?
Question: After a cold boot, the hard drive in my notebook jumps to 56 within an hour or so of idling. Is 56 a cause for alarm? Notes: The notebook…
How to use HDD after cloning?
Question: Hi all, A few years ago I bought a laptop that had a HDD and I upgraded it to an SSD. I am not sure exactly what the process…
What’s the difference between 8 MB and 16 MB Cache on a hard drive?
Question:Does hard drive buffer size matter? ?? ??(6 answers) ?? ???Closed 4 years ago. ? I’m looking to replace a dead hard drive in an older notebook. ?The current (bad)…
Decent HDD
Question: I m going to be upgrading my computer soon but in the meantime I need a new HDD. My current one is a Toshiba HDD dt01aca050 and my current…
Uses of single-partition disk configuration
Question: I see in my company’s IT installations that there are numerous disks with one partition occupying all of the space on disk. There is typically something like a /dev/sdb…
Mac OS X external drive appears as empty in Finder, but when accessing from Terminal, files show up
Question: How do I access my files visually from the Finder? The drive is mounted, it is not empty, it worked on a Windows PC. And, as stated, I can…
Is it ok to supply power to my both SSD and HDD using same single sata power cable from psu?
Question: hi, my cpu i5-4670k, gpu – zotac 1050ti mini, mobo- gigabyte z87x-ud3h, bios version F10b, psu corsair cs650m , ram 4x4gb @1600 mhz, MX 500 500gb ssd, WD 1TB…
Windows 7 Disk Management Spanned Volume vs Striped Volume
Question: Im looking for a reason why a person would use a Spanned volume rather than a Striped volume? If my understanding is correct Striped: ?Faster read/write speed than spanned,…
Hdd/Ssd cage type?
Question: I bought a cheaper case off amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Q8VJ17J/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1) and I am wondering what the best cage or mount I can get to hold my hdd and ssd? I have…
Identifying Windows 10 DeviceHarddisk1DR2
Question: I’m getting errors in Windows 10’s event log stating DeviceHarddisk1DR2 drive controller is having a problem. I know that the hard disk numbers depend on the BIOS and do…