What are the replacement options for an IDE hard disk for a DOS based system?
Question: I have got a few “embedded” systems running MSDOS 6.2 which boot from and store data to IDE hard disks. Since these drives are nearing their end of life,…
HDD To SSD(Due to hdd wear out)
Question: Hey guys! So i am a newbie to this kind of stuff and i have a problem.6 years ago i built a PC and until this year everything was…
Western Digital WD800JD
WD800JD Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800JD hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Hiren’s Boot CD – HDD Diagnostics
Question: I have a bunch of hard drives which I want to sell, so am wiping them using Hiren’s Boot CD. I want to check that the drives are healthy…
Corrupted HDD…?
Question: Hi. I was transferring some files from one HDD to another, around 500 GB of data. (Also transferring files to a third HDD at the same time.) When it…
Western Digital WD800GD
WD800GD Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800GD hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
Is there any software that can let me burn-in test a new harddisk before i put my data on it?
Question: I bought a new 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and since I heard that all the high capacity drives are very unreliable these days, I wanted to do some kind of…
Western Digital WD800BD
WD800BD Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Western Digital WD800BD hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure…
How do you calculate the rotational latency of a hard drive?
Question: If you know the RPM, then how do you calculate the rotational latency? Answer: (1 / (RPM / 60)) * 0.5 * 1000 Or, in other words: 30000 /…