Howto interpret SMART-Attributes?
Question: I want to estimate the health and the remaining lifetime of my hard drive using SMART (in my case gsmartcontrol). However I don’t know how to interpret the attributes.…
Seagate ST3160318AS
ST3160318AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3160318AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Is it a good idea to have the operating system on a solid state drive?
Question: There is something I don’t quite understand. I know a SSD helps with OS load times, but I’m not sure if all this boost is only noticeable/interesting when booting,…
Seagate ST3160316AS
ST3160316AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3160316AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Internal SATA hard disk shows up as removable device on Windows 7
Question: I am running Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire M7720 with three internal SATA drives; drive #2 and #3 are on a removable HDD rack. Drive #3 (on the…
Seagate ST3160215SCE
ST3160215SCE Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3160215SCE hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Where is S.M.A.R.T. data stored on a HDD?
Question: The S.M.A.R.T. attributes are attributes that a HDD keeps about its health and performance. I know that the MBR is stored at C,H,S (0,0,1) which leaves no free disc…
Seagate ST3160212SCE
ST3160212SCE Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3160212SCE hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How do I recover data from my presumably dead hard disk
Question: I have a Seagate ST3500620AS (Barracuda 7200.11) hard disk: SATA 500GB 7200 spindle speed I’ve used this disk for about 2 years now. But today it happened that my…
Seagate ST3100011A
ST3100011A Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 160GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3100011A hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…