Do I get any performance boost with an IDE to SATA adapter?
Question: I picked up a barebones PC kit the other day so that I could get a speed boost and still use my old hard drives/DVD drives, etc. I currently…
Questions about swapping old HDD for newer HDD
Question: So my old HDD is from around 2010-2013 and it is very slow and out of space. I purchased a new Toshiba x300 HDD and now I a have…
Western Digital WD800AAJS
WD800AAJS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800AAJS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Better hard disk
Question: In this video (from this page .. a little dated but still relevant) At around 1:40 Steve says I think that the manufacturers could make a perfect drive for…
HDD to SSD
Question: I have 2 HDD on my PC, I just bought 1 128GB SSD. Is there a possibility that I will move the windows programs from HDD to SSD? I…
Western Digital WD800HLFS
WD800HLFS Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800HLFS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Can you link external USB hard drives in a RAID-style system?
Question: I have a load of old external USB hard drives lying around – as I’m sure an increasing number of others do also. Is there any way I can…
Why the difference in HDD surface scans?
Question: I have had two Toshiba HDWD130 hard drives in my PC for two years. I ran a victoria surface scan for both of them yesterday, and the result is…
Western Digital WD800BJKT
WD800BJKT Western Digital 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800BJKT hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Initial Testing of New Hard Drives in Linux
Question: I’m about to get a couple brand new HGST DeskStar 4TB 3.5″ SATA hard drives. Are there any recommended practices these days I should perform before I start using…