HDD FAQs

ST38410A Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 8.4GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Seagate ST38410A hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…

How to change hdd read error timeout?

Question: I’m recovering data from an hdd using ddrescue. With “retry” disabled, it takes roughly 30 seconds for every unreadable sector. The hdd has tens of thousands of bad sectors…

Upgrading from HDD to SSD. Some questions

Question: I am upgrading from a 2TB HDD that has my Windows 10 OS to a 2TB SSD: (https://www.newegg.ca/western-digital-blue-2tb/p/N82E16820250093?Item=N82E16820250093). I plan on using Macrium Reflect to clone the drive.Wondering if…

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Seagate ST3750640NA

ST3750640NA Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 750GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Seagate ST3750640NA hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…

Windows XP changes its theme every time after reboot

Question: I have an ASUS Eee netbook with Windows XP installed on it. Ever since I switched to an SSD drive, Windows XP has been doing something strange; Almost every…

Seagate hdd driver board swap.

Question: need to swap the driver board from a donor hard drive to my existing hard drive to get the hdd working again after a smoking issue. I know I…

HDDs

Seagate ST3750640A

ST3750640A Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 750GB and featuring an IDE interface. All information about the Seagate ST3750640A hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, HDD…

Changing hard disk with ssd, can I migrate contents so that I can switch drives without a hassle?

Question: Changing hard disk with ssd, can I migrate contents so that I can switch drives without a hassle? For instance, keep my Windows configuration and installed programs and documents…