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ST3146854SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 146GB and featuring a SAS interface. ST3146854SS Seagate Cheetah 146.8GB 15000RPM SAS 3-GB/s Dual Port 8MB BUFFER. 3.5-inch Hard Drive.…

Dual boot setup for two copies of Windows 7

Question: I have two hard drives (one for my business and one for personal). I have installed Windows 7 on each drive. However, I cannot get any sort of dual…

Which is quieter? internal or external HDD

Question: Hi guys I need to get some more storage capacity, about 6TB or so. Which will be quieter and internal or external HDD? Cheers, Andrew Answer: okay an external…

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Seagate ST3146356SS

ST3146356SS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 146GB and featuring a SAS interface. ST3146356SS Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 146GB 15000RPM SAS 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive.…

Can I install the free Windows 7/8 -> 10 upgrade on a new empty drive?

Question: With the new Windows 10 coming out soon as a free upgrade, I’d like to know if and how I can install the upgrade on a new HDD. I…

HDD strange sounds

Question: Hdd: seagate barracuda ST2000DM008My hdd makes weird scratching sounds when it is not under fully load. It is brand new and arrived two weeks ago. This recording was taken…

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Seagate ST9146802SS

ST9146802SS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 146GB and featuring a SAS interface. ST9146802SS Seagate Savvio 10K.2 146.8GB 10000RPM SAS 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 2.5-inch Hard Drive. All…

S.M.A.R.T : What’s the difference between “Start/Stop cycle count” and “Load/Unload cycle count”?

Question: Q1. What is the difference between “Start/Stop cycle count” and “Load/Unload cycle count” ?Q2. What happen to the hard-disk when a computer is put to sleep mode, does the…

HDD’s not showing ing bios or windows