Why can’t the last few sectors be included in a partition?
Question: When partitioning with fdisk the last few sectors cannot be included in a partition, as far as I have experienced. I always thought this is due to MiB- or…
Is my crucial mx500 ssd a scam?
Question: I got this ssd today. Isn’t a little bit to small? http://imgur.com/zEnVAhF Answer:The NW912 chip is a Micron MT29F512G08EEHAFJ4-3R:A. That’s a 512Gbit NAND flash memory, ie 64GiB. If there…
Western Digital WD5000AZKX
WD5000AZKX Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD5000AZKX Western Digital Blue 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Disk…
Recovery D drive. Can I delete it?
Question: Hi I’ve got a 5 year old Dell Precision T7500 – nice machine it has been too. It was getting all clogged up with software, and I need to…
NVMe bending slightly
Question: I recently bought a 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe to pair with my ASUS ROG Strix B550-F, and after installing the heatsink onto the M.2, I noticed it is…
Western Digital WD5000AVVS
WD5000AVVS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD5000AVVS Western Digital Av-Gp 500GB 7200RPM (intellipower) SATA 3GB/s 7-Pin 8MB Cache 3.5-inch…
Is it safe to delete the System Volume Information folder?
Question: I have a 3 TB external NTFS drive I was originally using on Windows. I’m now using it on a Linux samba fileserver, and there’s a folder named “System…
WD Red Harddrive PCB defect after short (burnt)
Question: Hello,I was linked to the article https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/wd-burnt-pcb.3471470/ by google but it is closed.@fzabkar I am referring to your statement in the article I linked above. But let me start…
Western Digital WD5000AVJS
WD5000AVJS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 500GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD5000AVJS Western Digital AV 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s 8MB Cache 3.5-inch Internal Hard…
Is there a difference between removing the power cable from the computer or removing it from the wall outlet?
Question: Reading about computer related crimes and how law enforcement policies are lagging adjusting to the digital age, I came across this document which is a manual of sorts, recommendations…