Samsung SP2514N
SP2514N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP2514N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Internal hard drives showing as removable in Windows 10
Question: My internal drives are showing for some reason as removable in windows (one is SSD and the other is an HDD) in Windows 10 Pro. I read somewhere this…
Samsung SP2504C
SP2504C Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung SP2504C hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
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. All information about the Samsung HD250HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
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. All information about the Samsung HM251HI hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
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. All information about the Samsung HM250HJ hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
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…