How is the capacity of a harddisk faked?
Question: I was reading about magical Chinese drives. How would this be done? The post talks about a ‘looped mode’ and comments suggest having a different controller to lie to…
Fujitsu MHA2032AT
MHA2032AT Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 3.2GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Fujitsu MHA2032AT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Is CRT degaussing really dangerous for nearby laptops?
Question: I have an old CRT connected to laptop as a secondary display. As you know, when CRT turns on it degausses itself; remember that sound when you turn it…
Fujitsu MHV2040AH
MHV2040AH Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Fujitsu MHV2040AH hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Why does performance of a regular hard drive decrease over the duration of a benchmark while SSD doesn’t?
Question: I use HD Tune to measure performance of the hard drive. ?The tests typically take 2-3 minutes and the transfer rate of a regular hard drive decreases dramatically as…
Fujitsu MHW2040AT
MHW2040AT Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Fujitsu MHW2040AT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Does vertical position affect the lifespan or integrity of a hard drive?
Question: I’ve noticed on many small PC cases that the hard drives are installed vertically. In midi cases, towers and others of a larger housing, they are in the horizontal…
Fujitsu MHV2080AT
MHV2080AT Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Fujitsu MHV2080AT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Why are smaller capacity SSDs slower?
Question: I was reading this Tom’s Hardware article on testing SSDs and came across the following claim: ? With SSDs, performance varies by capacity point. Smaller drives tend to be…
Fujitsu MHT2040AS
MHT2040AS Fujitsu 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Fujitsu MHT2040AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…