SMART-status: reallocated_sector_ct FAILING_NOW
Question: On my HDD which I’ve put in my Synoglogy NAS DS207+ I see this SMART-status: Is there any way to fix or circumvent this issue? Is there any way…
Seagate ST940817SM
ST940817SM Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST940817SM hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
2 identical PCs – can I swap a single hard drive between and expect Windows 7/XP to work?
Question: I currently work in 2 different locations, traveling between the 2 every few weeks or so. I currently have screens, kb, mouse etc… in both locations, so I just…
Seagate ST940814AS
ST940814AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST940814AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Does multi-platter hard-drive use all of their heads to read simultaneously?
Question: Suppose we have a harddisk with 2 platters with characteristics below: ? Rotational rate: 10, 000 RPM ?Avg sectors/track: 1000 ?Surfaces: 4 ?Sector size: 512 bytes I was reading…
Seagate ST940210AS
ST940210AS Seagate 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 40GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST940210AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
How do hard drive diagnostic tools know if a sector is bad?
Question: When I run into a a hard drive that may be failing, I scan it using ViVARD, which reliably lets me know if the drive needs replacing. How do…
Seagate ST3400833AS
ST3400833AS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 400GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3400833AS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…
Cloned disk – duplicate disk signature, how to resolve?
Question: I have cloned a hard drive to an SSD using Clonezilla. ?Both drives were of identical size, and the process appears to have worked successfully. I can boot into…
Seagate ST3400832NS
ST3400832NS Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 400GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST3400832NS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…