1TB Barracuda HDD is making a weird gurgling noise
Question: Exactly as the title states, the sound that my HDD is making is like gurgling. I went close and it is like a low grumble every few seconds. It…
How Sturdy (Shock-Proof) is an SSD?
Question: I recently started carrying my SSD to and from work rather than my entire computer. So I bought a case on Amazon to protect it while it is in…
Windows 7 system reserved drive autorun popup
Question: I have several drives attached to a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional machine.In the last week, I am getting repeated, constant autorun popups for a new drive, with the label…
Scratching sounds from HDD
Question: I’ve read that scratch sounds comming from HDD are usually a sign of a dying drive, but this is a new PC (only has about 2 weeks) – it…
Strange performance of SSD
Question: My SSD (on Windows XP) is working well, however, I get the following strange results from Crystal Mark 2004R3: 236 MB/s for ?sequential read 59 MB/s for ?sequential write168…
Can I clone Windows 10 HDD to a smaller SSD?
Question: Hi Can I clone Windows 10 HDD to a smaller SSD? my windows 10 HDD partition is 350 GB and the SSD i have is 250 GB and the…
How do I change the space I allocated to my virtual hard drive in VirtualBox?
Question: I have a Windows 7 64-bit virtual machine running inside VirtualBox. When I first setup the system I gave the virtual hard drive 20GB of space to work with,…
Need to access data from other PC’s HDD on my PC
Question: Hello everyone, long time user first time poster. I have an HDD I need to access but it is from a different PC that runs on Win 8. I…
What does Raw Read Error Rate mean in SSD SMART?
Question: I downloaded trial version of HD Tune Pro and I’m using it to benchmark my hard drives. In Health tab of SSD I found Raw Read Error Rate property.…
100% HDD Usage on start up and random.
Question: Hello, For the past one month my pc became slow due to 100% hdd usage after boot up and sometimes even while idling. Task manager shows 100% drive usage,…