Why is my Windows 7 recovery folder 53% of my disk
Question: Windows 7 Pro – 64 bit OS – 340gb SSD drive I’m down to 9% available disk space and looking to stop the bleed and cure the affliction. I’ve…
Samsung HD154UI
HD154UI Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 1.5TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Samsung HD154UI hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Using External Harddisk as an internal desktop SATA Harddisk
Question: I have a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Essential External Hard-disk. I wanted to use the Hard-disk as an internal hard-drive for my PC running Linux Mint. So, I dis-assembled…
Samsung SV8004H
SV8004H Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SV8004H hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What kind of periodic maintenance should I carry out on HDD backup?
Question: I have a bunch of directories backed up on an external HDD – not an SSD, a magnetic disk. The backup is just onto a single disk (yes, I…
Samsung SP8004H
SP8004H Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SP8004H hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Clone only space in use from hard disk
Question: Can I use dd, rsync, clonezilla or any tool to clone only space in use in my hard disk in Linux? I need to do a backup from a…
Samsung SP0842N
SP0842N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SP0842N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How to prolong the life of an external hard drive?
Question: In ten years, across several different machines, different companies, and different operating systems I’ve noticed a trend that external hard drives die long before their internal counterparts. Everyone I’ve…
Samsung SP0822N
SP0822N Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SP0822N hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…