5400rpm HDD speeds in a USB 3.0 connectivity enclosure
Question: I plan to replace my laptop’s 5400rpm HDD with an SSD in the near future. I then want to make the old HDD an external HDD. I want to…
Seagate ST318404LC
ST318404LC Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 18GB and featuring a SCSI interface. All information about the Seagate ST318404LC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What’s the purpose of the “Capacity” selection in the “Format Volume” dialog?
Question: When formatting my hard drives or USB flash drives, I’ve always seen the “Capacity” cascade menu with only one option. The image below is taken when trying to format…
Seagate ST318453LW
ST318453LW Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 18GB and featuring a SCSI interface. All information about the Seagate ST318453LW hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
What does ‘Highest active time’ for disk activity in Windows resource monitor mean?
Question: I know what the disk io, disk queue length and other measures are, but what does ‘Highest active time’ mean? Is it the amount of time it is busy…
Seagate ST318305LC
ST318305LC Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 18GB and featuring a SCSI interface. All information about the Seagate ST318305LC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Why are so few SSD 3.5 inches?
Question:Closed 8 years ago. ? I was looking around for a cheaper SSD on Newegg and the time I’m writing this they have almost 300 2.5-inch SSD but only 12…
Seagate ST3146807LC
ST3146807LC Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 146GB and featuring a SCSI interface. All information about the Seagate ST3146807LC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How to check the partition alignment on an SSD drive?
Question: As I understand it, for SSD it’s important to have partitions starting at the proper offset (i.e. correctly aligned). How can I check this offset under Windows Vista? Answer:…
Seagate ST3146707LC
ST3146707LC Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 146GB and featuring a SCSI interface. All information about the Seagate ST3146707LC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…