Seagate ST3160828AS
ST3160828AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. ST3160828AS Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM SATA 8MB Cache 3.5-inch Low Profile Hard Drive. All…
Asus ux31e zenbook SSD non-standard / cant upgrade hdd?
Question: I bought a ux31e asus zenbook, and the drive crashed last week. I just cancelled an mSata ssd order because I fear asus has used a non standard ssd!!!…
Seagate ST3160827AS
ST3160827AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. ST3160827AS Seagate 160GB 7200RPM 3.5-inch 8MB Cache SATA Barracuda Internal (1.0-inch HEIGHT) H. All…
Harddrive – wipe out “hidden areas” like HPA and DCO after malware infection
Question: Background: I got some malware in Windows, possibly a rootkit or bootkit. I didn’t want to take any chances, so foolishly wiped my drive with DBAN (PRNG, 8 pass).…
Seagate ST3160815SV
ST3160815SV Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. ST3160815SV Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information about the Seagate…
How to password protect an external hard drive without encrypting it?
Question: I carry my external hard drive around with me sometimes, and was wondering if there was a way to password protect the entire drive, with no hassles or anything,…
Seagate ST3160811AS
ST3160811AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. ST3160811AS Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All information about…
Howto interpret SMART-Attributes?
Question: I want to estimate the health and the remaining lifetime of my hard drive using SMART (in my case gsmartcontrol). However I don’t know how to interpret the attributes.…
Seagate ST3160318AS
ST3160318AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. ST3160318AS Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 160GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive. All…
Is it a good idea to have the operating system on a solid state drive?
Question: There is something I don’t quite understand. I know a SSD helps with OS load times, but I’m not sure if all this boost is only noticeable/interesting when booting,…