What are typical drive lifetimes?
Question: Can anyone tell me about the lifetime of drives (floppy, hard disk, CD, DVD, flash…)? Answer: Lifespans of the media’s aren’t exactly alike. Floppies/Zip drives and other floppy type…
WD Red NasWare 3.0 data protection in case of power loss?
Question: WD’s page on NasWare 3.0 states the following: NASware further improves drive reliability and protects your data in the event of a power loss or disruption. Answer:Here is another…
SSD upgrade underperforming
Question: I upgraded my Windows 7 PC from a Samsung Spinpoint F4EG HD204UI HDD to a SanDisk Pulse SDSSDP-128G-G25 SSD but, unlike seemingly everyone else in the world, I have…
How to repair old Samsung SP1604N HDD? It does not spin.
Question: Hi there guys, i’m new here. So I found an old 3.5 HDD of mine and i know it has a lot of childhood memories on it.For reference, it…
Low disk performance with Windows 8.1
Question: I have a Dell XPS 15 (L502X) that have a Core i5-2450M, 6GB RAM and a 1TB WD 5400RPM HDD.This notebook Achilles’ heel is the disk. It’s slow and…
Disappearing Harddrive?
Question: I’ve got an annoying issue that’s been going on for a while and I haven’t been able to solve. My computer has a hard drive that keeps disappearing.It’s a…
Does cloning a hard drive also copy over errors like bad sectors?
Question: For example, I have Windows 7 on a hard drive where SMART reports “many bad sectors”. If I buy a new hard drive, and attempt to clone over Windows…
Can you recover data from an SSD without power?
Question: The SATA power connector on my SSD is burnt. The SATA data connector is fine. Is there a way to recover any data? I’m looking for a DIY solution…
FOUR of my 8TB Western Digital HDs just had their PCBs fry!
Question: I am sick to my stomach over this. I was just building a new Windows 10 PC with a ton of hard drives for the sole reason of not…
Windows 7 does not recognize a Linux formatted hard drive
Question: I’ve got a problem with a couple hard drives, I recently switched from a Debian Linux install to Windows 7, installation went without problems but now I find that…