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Safe to manually spin down hard drive with hdparm?

By JamesPosted on October 28, 2022

Problem : I have a laptop with a ssd for primary OS drive, and a large Spinning disk for storage. […]

Is it worth safely removing devices in Windows Vista and above [duplicate]

By JamesPosted on October 20, 2022

QUESTION : This question already has answers here: Will unplugging a USB key without safely removing it cause problems? [duplicate] […]

Windows 7: Can we keep internal HDD from being accessed by ransomwares with “disable” or “unmount”?

By JamesPosted on April 2, 2022

QUESTION : I’m trying to find an alternative way to protect my daily backup-disk from malware, while the HDD is […]

How can I safely remove my USB hard drive in Fedora 17?

By JamesPosted on March 12, 2022

Problem : In Fedora 17, when I want to plug my USB hard disk out, I can only unmount it. […]

Does Windows flush drive caches on standby?

By JamesPosted on January 25, 2021

QUESTION : Does Windows flush the drive caches when entering standby mode? It seems like an obvious thing to do […]

Will unplugging a USB key without safely removing it cause problems? [duplicate]

By JamesPosted on January 2, 2021

QUESTION : This question already has answers here: Should I unmount a USB drive before unplugging it? (11 answers) Closed […]

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