Is RAID 0 as risky as people say it is?
Question: I’m just about to set up my hard drives with RAID 0. ?Is it really as risky as people say it is? Answer: RAID 0 doubles your chance of…
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: I’m just about to set up my hard drives with RAID 0. ?Is it really as risky as people say it is? Answer: RAID 0 doubles your chance of…
Question: I wanted to install Windows on my other hard drive with Rufus by using Windows10 ISO and without using any external USB/CD/DVD. So I plugged in the other drive…
Question: I have a used 3TB SATA hard drive kicking around that I am planning to use as a replacement in a Win 7 box. I don’t need all this…
Question: I have a Linux box with five disk drives, one of which I want to replace. ?The offending drive is /dev/sdc, but that doesn’t tell me how to distinguish…
Question: Is there any way I can view contents of hard drive in hex or binary? I’m currently using debian Answer: Yes, you can open any block device as a…
Question: I have a FlexBook13 with two physical drives: My problem is that there is not enough space on Disk 1 (28GB) to install all Windows 10 updates. I’ve tried…
Question: For external hard drives in this question, I’m referring to traditional HDDs; the kind with spinning metal inside of them (no RAM or flash-based super-high-performance hardware): Is there a…
Question: I have an internal hard drive that I use as storage where I dump the stuff I need backed up. I want to format it to exFAT instead of…
Question:How Many times can we low level format a disk drive without damaging it? ?? ??(2 answers) ?? ???Closed 6 years ago. ? Is there a limit to the number…
Question: My laptop is almost dead, so I wanted to reuse every piece possible. I have connected my Hitachi 2?” laptop hard drive in my PC, and I am currently…