One large or two smaller SSDs?
Question: I’m looking at getting a Crucial M225 SSD. Now the question that’s on my mind, is is it worth RAIDing these things? In fact are there any RAID downsides…
Windows disabling HDD when a new one is plugged in?
Question: Recently rebuilt (moved all components and upgraded) my PC and I’ve set up everything the way it had been before. Noticed something odd not too long ago that I…
Western Digital WD3200LMVW
WD3200LMVW Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 320GB and featuring a USB interface. All information about the Western Digital WD3200LMVW hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Unable to recover hard disk drive after failed formatting due to sudden power outage
Question: I was formatting a WD Caviar Blue 640GB hard drive using Darik’s Boot and Nuke (writing zeros method), and suddenly power in the house went out so computer did…
Is my hdd dying ?
Question: hey , so today i installed crystal disk info and i got this results Answer:No. Reallocation wouldn’t even exist at all if you could repair it. As long as…
Western Digital WD3200BMVW
WD3200BMVW Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 320GB and featuring a USB interface. All information about the Western Digital WD3200BMVW hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
How to unlock an ATA password-locked HDD with an upper-case password if the BIOS accepts only lower-case?
Question: I accidentally locked an HDD with an ATA password, trying to issue a secure erase command. It was on Linux, I entered this command : # hdparm –security-erase PWD…
HDD not recognised (sata 3 (hdd)to sata 2(mobo))
Question: Hi,I ve recently bought a new hdd which is sata 3. I ve got a sata cable and plug it into my motherboard which says sata 2 but it…
Western Digital WD3200BMVV
WD3200BMVV Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 320GB and featuring a USB interface. All information about the Western Digital WD3200BMVV hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
If a hard drive develops a bad sector, should it be replaced?
Question: I recently encountered an I/O error reading a file on my hard drive. ?Examination of the SMART data shows that the drive has one bad sector (the Current_Pending_Sector count…