Category: FAQs

Question: I found Seagate Ironwolf 4TB drives on Amazon for $15 less than the WD Reds. But having terrible luck with the quality of the drives being shipped. The first…

Question: I started to get confused on how the hard disk operates, particularly in writing and reading data into its platters. According to this article: http://www.tech-faq.com/how-data-is-stored-in-your-hard-disk.html hard disks write data…

Question: Hi. I have a Seagate 1TB internal hard disk which is dead for like over a month. Lost hope that I could recover some data. Until I noticed a…

Question: My laptop was recently damaged on the side where the hard drive is located and now I cannot access its Windows partition. I am able to boot into Linux.…

Question: Hello, Both my SSD’s have been making these weird sounds, the one in the video is brand new. I’ve held the SSD against my ear when it was plugged…

Question: I have an external drive plugged in to my MacPro via eSATA. At the moment, the disk only mounts if I log in. Since I am using the computer…

Question: I have an 3TB external disk and Windows XP 32 bit.It works as a USB 2 disk with its enclosure, but I want to use it as an internal…

Question: Hi – I have a 6 month old LaCie STFY10000400 10 TB d2 Professional Thunderbolt 3 hard drive, it’s been great until this morning when I tried to access…

Question: I’ve got a spare drive, and thinking about using it to keep as an internal bootable backup to replace my current external bootable backup. It would free up an…

Question: Hello,I have a spare 3.5″ hard drive that I am planning to mount directly to the base of the 5.25″ bay and secure it using wire ties(I know there’s…