QUESTION : I have a Synology DS509+ NAS that is showing an “Abnormal” S.M.A.R.T. status for one of its drives: […]
Category: Hard Drive
Is it possible to turn off hot swap feature for HDD drives when using AHCI?
QUESTION : I have 3 SATA drives – 1 SSD and 2 common HDDs. After changing HDD controller mode to […]
How do I add new hard drive and install Win 7 without removing old drive?
QUESTION : I am getting SSD drives in raid0 and plan to install Windows 7 Ultimate. I already have Windows […]
How do I create partitions in unformatted harddisk space?
QUESTION : How to access UN-formatted hard-disk(same in which Ubuntu is installed)space in Ubuntu to create partitions to be used […]
Can I still use a GPT secondary hard drive if I converted it to MBR
QUESTION : I’m owner of an MSI GT60 laptop with preinstalled Windows 8. The W8 OS is installed on an […]
Copying a failing HDD
QUESTION : My laptop HDD is slowly failing, and I am trying to back up a system image before replacing […]
Partition not visible in My Computer
QUESTION : After reinstalling windows 7 on my laptop, the D drive in the previous installation of windows is not […]
Second opinion? 2 dead hdds, and 1 hdd that works on another tower
QUESTION : Here is my setup: Tower 1 Motherboard: ASUS M4A785-M SSD: Kingston SNV425-S2BD OS: Lubuntu 12.04 Tower 2 Motherboard: […]
Partition hard drive to install windows
QUESTION : I need to partition my hard drive to install Windows. My current operating system is Ubuntu. I google’d […]
How important is spindle speed of an internal hard drive?
QUESTION : The Background: I have a D-Link DNS-323 (2-bay network attached storage device) that’s currently got a couple of […]