How to recognize a HHD?
I had an original 250gb HHD from my old Toshiba laptop. I cloned it to another bigger drive and swapped them out. When I dismounted the original HHD, it was working fine. Today, I want to make sure...
View ArticleSDHC vs. HDD
Hi. I’m looking to replace my main files and OS onto an 200GB SDHD card instead of my HDD on my computer. My disk speed is always at 100% and I think it’s slowing my computer down. Do you think that it...
View ArticleInstalled Memory: 8.00 GB (3.95 GB usable) Issue here?
Well the title should say it all. My Motherboard is a MSI 970A SLI Krait edition Memory is corsair xms3 Not using an integreted graphics card, has seperate card. SSD for OS and 3 1tb drives for...
View ArticleQuestion about Hard drive backing up
Ok I have to admit I am completely confused I have my computer backing up to two external hard drives one set sync the other is set to back up at 1 am daily I had almost no room left on my computer...
View ArticleConfirming bad memory module?
So close to maybe 2 weeks ago I had posted up about how my computer wasn't detecting 4gb on my computer. Said 8gb, but usable was 4gb. I narrowed it down to 1 stick possible being bad. Only been...
View ArticleChecking RAM sticks?
Greetings all, Dell desktop, 3.4ghz, win xp pro, 2gb ram, 1tb hard drive, dual monitor fan cooled vid card.....I have notice in the past month that my video on computer (saved vids) appear(s) to be...
View ArticleSD card not showing/registering
Hi, I have had this problem for a while now, and somethimes it works, sometimes not... Really wierd. As of now it is getting worse with it not working most of the times :'( When I plug in an SD card (I...
View ArticleNeed data off drive
I have an ASUS T100TA-B1-GR. I believe it has an embedded drive. I have searched for some time to get the specs to find out and I can't seem to find them or don't know what I'm doing. I have found...
View ArticleSoftware to Clone Hard Drives
Hi all Newbie here so please bear with me. I want to backup my main hard drive in the PC to an external drive that i have, ideally i want to fully clone the drive with everything and have the facility...
View ArticleDummy RAM
Hey ya, Silly question but has anyone seen any dummy DDR4 ram sticks? I have a motherboard that has 8 slots but I can only afford/need 4 sticks so I just wanted to fill the extra slots just to make it...
View ArticleShould I add RAM to my PC?
Hey community, I think I'm in need of some more RAM...(games run sluggish at times and internet is fine) So I have a home built PC with the following specs/parts ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard 16gb...
View ArticleDead hard drive after hurricane
I have a HP Envy TS 17 notebook PC in which my hard drive completely died. I just got a used one but completely clean from an eBay vendor. My problem now is no OS. I had W8 in the damaged drive but any...
View ArticleSudden computer freeze/crash need to force shutdown.
Freezes are caused by damaged RAM/HDD right? Since two weeks ago, my computer would randomly freeze. The freeze will occur more frequently when I'm gaming, but even when I'm gaming, it's still...
View ArticleMemory Timings, Latency, and Frequency
Hello! I have a few questions about the memory in my system. I built this computer in June 2017. I've had no issues at all; no crashes, no hangs. It runs well. I'm curious about the DRAM frequency and...
View ArticleAscertaining which drives are internal
I have a fairly complex drive system, with a number of backup drives for my data and photos. Right now I have confusing situation in which I can't determine whether a particular drive (L) is internal...
View ArticleFailing HD?
So on one hand, my hard drive passes all the SMART tests, I ran every test possible in SeaTools and it passed all of them. There is also no noticable lagging when reading or writing files. It seems to...
View ArticleWhen do you think SSD's will completely replace HDD's?
The title says it all. SSD's are getting cheaper and cheaper. Using a system with an HDD is absolutely intolerable (I have to do it at work and it SUCKS). I think SSD's will replace HDD's in 3-5 years...
View ArticleEpson Hard Disk PCMCIA Card
I am looking to find a reader for Epson 340mb Hard Disk Cards, Model EHDD340 PCMCIA cards. These were spinning media created to use in mobile devices probably 15 years ago. Does anyone know where I can...
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