Everything about the HDD!
Got a question about hard drives? You’ve come to the right place. This category is dedicated to answering the most common (and complex) queries about HDD technology.
Question: Is it possible to find out what version of Windows 7 I have installed (for example Home Premium 64-bit) by looking at the files on the disk? The disk…
Question: Hello, Awhile ago I accidentally broke the Sata connector on my hard drive (WD Black 3TB). I bought a new sata board off ebay and replaced it. This was…
Question: I want to completely wipe all the data and both OSes (Ubuntu and Windows 7) from my hard drive. I tried DBAN but it gives me an error and…
Question: My Fujitsu lifebook laptop uses a 2.5″ hard drive like all notebooks do. I want to replace the hard drive, it has about 8-10 bad sectors. Is this drive…
Question: 3 identical 5tb hard drives, each having 2 partitions. ntfs formatted..When running the crystaldiskmark speed tests, partitions on the same drive show significant differences in both read and write…
Question: I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with my brand new Seagate ST2000DM001(-9YN164) hard drive, if indeed anything. Irregularly, but seemingly every few minutes (every 3-7 minutes now in…
Question: I had a guy bring me a computer to fix. Some low budget HP p.o.s. that had a laptop mobo in it, stock.He had the yellow light on his…
Question: I wonder what happens to SSD disk if I format it in Windows. Does it replace old data with new data or tells it to erase data just like…
Question: I recently built a new computers and got a new SSD and Hard Drive. I have my old SSD which has windows on it. If I connect the SSD…
Question: Receiving a new batch of PCs prompted us to recapture our WDS image for our on-site Windows 7 machines. Rolled into the new image (i.e. the only changes that…