Samsung SP0812C
SP0812C Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP0812C hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Linux is to mount as Windows is to _______?
Question: So Linux “mounts” a hard drive to perform some operation such as reading/writing. Does Windows “mount” in the same way? Is it called something different in the context of…
Samsung HD082GJ
HD082GJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD082GJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
I plugged in a molex cable the wrong way and the power supply exploded. Did it kill my hard drive?
Question: I bought a cheap kit allowing me to use a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a laptop, by plugging it in with USB. It still requires external power supply…
Samsung HD080HJ
HD080HJ Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD080HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What happens when an SSD wears out?
Question: Since SSDs are still fairly new, there isn’t a history of posts saying “I reached my writes limit on 10% of my SSD… �C and here is what happened…
Samsung HM080II
HM080II Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HM080II hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How to prevent bad sectors?
Question: I used to have bad sectors on my SSD about one month ago. I had fixed them through performing one level of zero formatting. However, after few days, when…
Samsung HM080HI
HM080HI Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HM080HI hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How much power does a hard drive use?
Question: This is not as straight forward as it sounds. Specs from Western Digital’s site for a WD 3TB Green Drive: Read/Write 6.00 Watts Idle 5.50 Watts Looks fine right?…