Why does my freshly-formatted disk have 450 MB of data on it?
Question: The answer is probably obvious, but I’m sure enquiring minds want to know: if I erase a disk and reformat it, what’s already taking up almost half a gigabyte…
Transferring OS question
Question: I’m going clone my HDD to my new SSD , and then build a new computer. New parts and everything fromthe last one, if I install the SSD in…
How do I find out what connection my laptop HDD uses?
Question: My laptop is about 6 years old and the HDD’s about to give way so I thought I’d get a new one and copy an image over. How do…
Windows disabling HDD when a new one is plugged in?
Question: Recently rebuilt (moved all components and upgraded) my PC and I’ve set up everything the way it had been before. Noticed something odd not too long ago that I…
One large or two smaller SSDs?
Question: I’m looking at getting a Crucial M225 SSD. Now the question that’s on my mind, is is it worth RAIDing these things? In fact are there any RAID downsides…
Is my hdd dying ?
Question: hey , so today i installed crystal disk info and i got this results Answer:No. Reallocation wouldn’t even exist at all if you could repair it. As long as…
Unable to recover hard disk drive after failed formatting due to sudden power outage
Question: I was formatting a WD Caviar Blue 640GB hard drive using Darik’s Boot and Nuke (writing zeros method), and suddenly power in the house went out so computer did…
HDD not recognised (sata 3 (hdd)to sata 2(mobo))
Question: Hi,I ve recently bought a new hdd which is sata 3. I ve got a sata cable and plug it into my motherboard which says sata 2 but it…
How to unlock an ATA password-locked HDD with an upper-case password if the BIOS accepts only lower-case?
Question: I accidentally locked an HDD with an ATA password, trying to issue a secure erase command. It was on Linux, I entered this command : # hdparm –security-erase PWD…
Is it a good idea to put your external HDD on the desk close to speakers ?
Question: My Logitech speaker and my external HDD have 40CM between them….is this dangerous ? Will there be a mechanical failure because of vibration or magnets ? Answer:When it came…