Category: FAQs

Question: So, what is more secure and why? hdparm –security-erase-enhanced NULL /dev/sdX or dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx Answer: They use different methods, and the effectiveness may depend on the drive. The…

Question: Hello there. I recently bought a 9.5 mm HDD caddy and 120GB SSD for my laptop to make it a bit faster. I screwed the SSD into the caddy…

Question: I used TestDisk to recover files from an internal hard drive which I connected externally to another PC. ?With PhotoRec all the file names are wrong and the original…

Question: I have an SSD and HDD. My HDD is now around 5 years old. My HDD makes a boot up sound as if its first time turning on and…

Question: I’ve got a Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD (maybe 4 yrs old, SATA connection) that I’ve installed on a homebuilt desktop as my storage drive. Also have some programs installed…

Question: I have a Western Digital My Passport 500Gb external Harddrive where the USB connection on the drive seems to have worn out. I am trying to retrieve the data…

Question: I’ve just bought a Samsung V-Nand SSD 860 Evo Sata 6Gb/s. I’m replacing a 2TB HDD to speed the system up and I’m looking for advice/tips on how to…

Question: I’d like to install windows XP to my 1.5tb hd. The install disk has no service packs built in, will a hard drive this size cause problems? I can’t…

Question: Hi so im using my old hdd. And i just found out that it has 2 bad sector? Do i need to change it immediately? Or i can use…

Question: After my HDD got broken, Windows says it needs format. So, I’m using TestDisk to fix it. But a read error always occurs when I execute the Quick Search…