Category: FAQs

Question: Well, this is a bummer…. I just cracked the SATA power connector on a large 5TB HDD! It’s still working and I have it plugged in, but I’m sure…

Question: I’ve had my HDD replaced, and now my computer is freezing every 1 to 5 minutes for 5 to 10 seconds. Actually, only active applications freeze (but it can…

Question: Hi everyone, I recently lost my HDD to a power surge whilst installing my parts onto a new PC tower and it no longer works, even if I plug…

Question: One of my hard disks seems to be failing. I’ve since disconnected it and I’m looking for a solution. When I start the machine, the disk drive spins up…

Question: I recently received a new HDD (Barracuda 3TB ATA3).When I opened it I found two little blue sponges between drive’s motherboard and its core. I guess I have to…

Question: ?????? ??Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post. ? ?? Closed 2 years ago. ???? ??Improve this…

Question: my 2 TB Western Digital Blue keeps on disappearing and reappearing(not external) it keeps the files and everything but it just randomly and when im trying to use it…

Question: Windows can tell me the logical and physical sector size of the drive responsible for a partition/volume via the fsutil fsinfo sectorinfo x: command (where x is my drive…

Question: Ok, so I have a WD3200AAKS 320gb SATA SSD. It was from a PC I had before I ever knew what a backup was, so dont lecture me there.…

Question: In a 4-drive RAID-10 setup, how many drives can I “safely” lose before the data becomes unrecoverable? It’s a bit unclear to me whether the setup provides one drive…