How do I mount a multi-disk Windows NTFS RAID/logical drive on Linux?
Question: I have two 500GB hard drives from an old Windows laptop at my workplace. My boss has asked me to copy the contents to the file server if possible,…
How Can i boot from another Drive without accessing the BIOS
Question: Hey Everyone,I got a weird situation, when i bought my laptop Acer N5, i upgraded the Storage by adding another 250SSD, and asked to make that as my boot…
Seagate ST94813A
ST94813A Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a IDE interface. ST94813AS Seagate Momentus 5400.2 40GB 5400RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s 8MB Cache 2.5-inch Hard Drive. All…
If I have “badblocks” write its output to a file, and that file is empty, does that mean that no bad blocks were found?
Question: I recently ran badblocks on a large server hard drive to check for possible issues (SMART reported that everything was fine, but I needed to be sure). The command…
Quick Question Regarding HDD Health
Question: I bought a new HDD. Seagate Barracuda 2TB. There’s nothing on it. Other than a fan ish noise which I believe is normal there seems to be a high…
Seagate ST94811A
ST94811A Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a IDE interface. ST94811A Seagate Momentus 40GB 5400RPM ATA-100 8MB Cache 2.5-inch Hard Drive. All information about…
How do I get my disks to spin down after one hour?
Question: I’m currently configuring a new home server, and I am trying to get the disks to spin down after one hour. But they do not spin down. Setup I…
Best HDD for Plex Server?
Question: I am going to get a different HDD than I have right now for my Plex server. Which would be the best HDD in this situation? I run the…
Seagate ST940814AM
ST940814AM Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a IDE interface. ST940814AM Seagate EE25.1 ST940814AM 40 GB 2.5 Plug-in Module Hard Drive IDE Ultra ATA/100…
How is the interference of magnetic field of adjacent platters managed?
Question: I know roughly how hard-drives work; that the hard-drive involves multiple platters and multiple heads. A platter is a disk coated with some magnetic material and capable of being…