Encrypted HDD 100% safe?
Question: I guess am a bit of a paranoid ha… anyway i encrypted my HDD with truecrypt using all printable ASCII characters and the password is 64 characters long. It…
Samsung SV4012H
SV4012H Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung SV4012H hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Hard disk only recognized if it has already spun up
Question: So here’s a weird issue: When you first turn on this desktop computer, it does not recognize that it has a hard drive in it. However, if you then…
Samsung MP0402H
MP0402H Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung MP0402H hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Can hard drives fully utilize SATA III?
Question: My motherboard currently supports both SATA II and III (3 Gb/s and 6Gb/s respectively), but after reading some online, it seems as though connecting a HDD to the 6…
Samsung HD400LD
HD400LD Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 400GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung HD400LD hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Can a massive MySQL data import on an SSD damage it?
Question: I have to import quite a lot of data (~100 million rows, ~100 times) into a MySQL database. Currently, it is stored on my hard disk drive, and the…
Samsung HD300LD
HD300LD Samsung 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 300GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung HD300LD hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How do I unmap a disconnected network drive in Windows 7?
Question: The drive is disconnected, and I’m off the network. How do I unmap the drive? Answer: I can’t test this here as I’m not on a network, but I…
Samsung HM251HC
HM251HC Samsung 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Samsung HM251HC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…