Is it worth it to install hdd with sata1 cable in laptop?
Question: I have a notebook which comes with sata 3 hdd and sata1 DVD-ROM. I want to replace hdd with ssd and with the help of caddy want to install…
Does Windows (or NTFS) support placeholder files with fake sizes?
Question: Every time I start Photoshop, it immediately creates a 2GB temporary file on the hard drive where the cache is located. It’s a platter drive, and I don’t hear…
Is there anyway to move Windows 10 from HDD to new SSD?
Question: Hello. I have Windows 10 and Linux Mint 19.3 installed on my HDD. I recently bought an SSD but I’ll only have enough space for Windows. I’m planning on…
How can I shrink a Logical Volume, and re-allocate the freed space into a new partition on the same drive?
Question: I have a drive, sda. It has two partitions: sda1: /bootsda2: LVM managed in Volume Group volgrp01 volgrp01 contains the following Logical Volumes: lv_root (30 GB)lv_swap (8 GB)lv_scratch (430…
HDD failure
Question: So i was at my pc, but then it just froze, i restarted my pc, and got Reboot and Select proper Boot device or insert boot device and press…
Are there any disadvantages of having a “free fall sensor” on a hard disk drive?
Question: This is a general question that came out of a specific comparison between the Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEKT and Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BJKT (which is the same as the…
Transferring Old HDD with Windows to New Build
Question: Hi, I’m currently planning a new build for my roommate. He found his old PC from like 2005, and would like to get the files from the HDD onto…
Why doesn’t installing GRUB on MBR destroy the partition table?
Question: I have read that my partition table is stored in the MBR. And write operations are performed sector-wise i.e, even if you want to change just a few bytes…
Can’t assign new disk, stuck in RAW
Question: I recently built a new pc. Installed windows on an ssd. All good. Went to disk manger, tried creating a new simple volume on the hdd and disk manager…
Advanced Format HDDs, USB enclosures and Windows / Linux compatibility
Question: The environment I just bought a 1 TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000LM048 HDD. It’s an Advanced Format drive, with 4096-byte sectors. I planned using it with my cheap-but-trusted (and I…