How to increase the disk cache of Windows 7
Question: Under Windows 7 (64 bit), I’m reading through 9000 moderately sized files. ?In total, there is more than 200 MB of data. ?Using Java (JDK 1.6.21) I’m iterating over…
Samsung HD250HJ
HD250HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. HD250HJ Samsung 250GB Spinpoint S250 SATA 3Gbps 7200RPM 3.5-inch 8MB Cache Internal Hard Drive.…
How to verify that hard drive is filled with zeroes in Linux?
Question: I have hard drive filled with zeroes. How to check if all bits on hard drive are zeros using bash? Answer: od will replace runs of the same thing…
Samsung HM251HI
HM251HI Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. HM251HI Samsung Spinpoint HM251HI 250 GB 2.5 Plug-in Module Hard Drive SATA/300 5400 rpm…
How to partition a hard drive that has no OS installed?
Question: I have a 500 GB hard drive. The laptop came with Windows 7 preinstalled. Now as I am installing Windows 8, I have deleted the C drive. So I…
Samsung HM250HJ
HM250HJ Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. HM250HJ Samsung 250GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5-inch Laptop Hard Drive for Latitude E6410. All information…
How to access S.M.A.R.T. values when using RAID and Intel Matrix Storage?
Question: We have a RAID 5 array using Intel Matrix Storage (i.e. a motherboard based RAID). One of the hard drives has started to make a grinding noise, and the…
Samsung HM250HI
HM250HI Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. HM250HI Samsung SpinPoint M7 250GB 5400RPM 8MB Cache 2.5-inch SATA 3GB/s Laptop Hard Drive.…
What is faster cutting or copying a file?
Question: To get large file from one place to another what is faster cutting or copying a file ? What factors can influence the result? I’ve heard it matters if…
Samsung HM251JJ
HM251JJ Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. HM251JJ Samsung Spinpoint MP2 HM251JJ 250 GB 2.5 Plug-in Module Hard Drive SATA/300 7200…