Hard drives and types – what makes them so different?
Question: 7200 RPM Western Digital Blacks are designed to be faster than Western Digital Blues/Greens. They are the same speed, same cache, etc. What really makes them actually faster? Does…
Is there a way for Windows 7 to show remaining disk space in the status bar?
Question: This is really driving me nuts. ?I do a lot of moving media files to and from USB drives, and I am constantly looking to the status bar to…
combining SSD and hard disk in software RAID1?
Question: Does it make sense to build a Linux software RAID-1 (mirroring) using an SSD and a normal hard disk? I want to combine the advantages of SSD (fast transfer…
How much does a gigabyte worth of data physically weigh on a hard disk?
Question: What is the physical weight of one gigabyte of memory/storage? Lets say this is on a hard disk. What is the weight associated with the atoms that are actually…
What are the end bytes of *.docx file format
Question: I have a hard disk that was formatted and reinstalled its OS. The problem is, it wasn’t booting before formatting and the data backup that I’ve made before formatting,…
Hazardous materials in a hard drive
Question: I have an old laptop at my disposal that has a malfunctioning HDD in it. I would really enjoy taking the drive apart and looking at it. However, I…
On which physical drive is this logical drive?
Question: I want to understand where logical drives (e.g. C:, D:) are mapped on physical drives (e.g. I have a Western Digital and a Toshiba physical disks connected to my…
which file type to install my virtual hard disk in while installing a new machine on virtualbox?
Question: I got some options like VHD, VMDK, HDD, and VDI is there a file type that is most commonly used and is supported by most other virtual disk software?…
5400rpm HDD speeds in a USB 3.0 connectivity enclosure
Question: I plan to replace my laptop’s 5400rpm HDD with an SSD in the near future. I then want to make the old HDD an external HDD. I want to…
What’s the purpose of the “Capacity” selection in the “Format Volume” dialog?
Question: When formatting my hard drives or USB flash drives, I’ve always seen the “Capacity” cascade menu with only one option. The image below is taken when trying to format…