How is the extra mSATA SSD disk used/configured in a Dell XPS laptop?
Question: Some machines in the new XPS laptop range from Dell come with a regular, large (500GB+) HDD and an additional 32GB m-SATA SSD. The only detail I can find…
Seagate ST32000542AS
ST32000542AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST32000542AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Is BIOS considered an OS?
Question:Closed 8 years ago. ? This question comes to mind when dealing with RAID arrays, but is not necessarily applicable to the subject. ? How is that the BIOS is…
Seagate ST32000541AS
ST32000541AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST32000541AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Wide SATA? connector with no break in the middle
Question: I need to connect my hard drive from my Lenovo T470p to my desktop, but it uses this wierd connector. ?It looks like the standard wide SATA, but there’s…
Seagate ST32000540AS
ST32000540AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST32000540AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
When a disk read or disk write occurs, where does the data go?
Question: I understand that there is such a thing as a disk controller which contains a buffer, but was wondering if the CPU reads directly from this buffer, or whether…
Seagate ST2000VX008
ST2000VX008 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000VX008 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How does a hard drive retain information after being formatted?
Question: Companies try to zero-fill their hard drives several times when they decommission them, why? Surely one pass of zero-fill would do the job exactly as they need. I understand…
Seagate ST2000VX003
ST2000VX003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000VX003 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…