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I need a 4TB HDD to store movies and music using an external USB 3.0 case. My first choice would be a WD Blue 5400 (WD40EZRZ) CMR, but for the same price there is a Toshiba Surveillance 4TB (HDKPB08Z0101S) SMR. Toshiba, although SMR, has a 3 year warranty and a huge MTTF/MTBF and seems to be...

My suggestion would be that you migrate the operating system and installed programs to a Crucial MX500 500Gb SSD and keep your files on another SSD or even an HDD. My choice would be another 1TB or 2TB Crucial from the MX500 range. Keeping the operating system and programs on a dedicated SSD...

I have two Orico 3.5" 7688U3 cases with 4TB WD working perfectly for over a year. https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-External-Enclosure-Aluminum-Vertical/dp/B082PMXPPY The case is made of aluminum, has an external power supply, USB 3.0 connection with UASP protocol that allows for much faster...

Thanks for the answers. Would PCs with BIOS be able to load a 4TB external HDD (an expansion, for example) if it is in GPT? If the HDD has a single 4TB partition, will Windows show 4TB, 2.2TB or not load the drive?

Hi, I would like to know if 4TB or 6TB external HDDs, intended for data only, when connected via USB 3.0 cable, to older PCs with BIOS and Windows 10, are recognized and at full capacity? If yes, as they are larger than 2TB, is it mandatory that they are GPT? Thanks in advance.

It's still a good machine. My suggestion would be a 240GB SSD that usually is faster than 120GB. I would choose Crucial BX500 which is cheaper than the PNY CS900 . Upgrade also to 8GB. Just browsing with Chrome will use more than 2GB RAM. Although you didn't say which processor model is...

Maintaining an installation with SSDs and HDDs shouldn't change the speed of the computer, however when you copy a file from one to the other, the speed will be determined by the bottleneck, in this case the HDD. Keeping devices too close together is not a good idea. Both work better at lower...

SMR and CMR technologies have their respective fields of application. SMR hard disks are not particularly well suited if the hard disk is to be constantly and permanently doing write operations, as this can lead to a cache overflow For permanent writing activities and the transfer of large...

Hello, I already had this question when converting my dvds. The best solution I found was to use a free app called VidCoder (https://vidcoder.net/) It is excellent and allows various adjustments such as improving the quality of some videos, changing the format and adjusting audio gain. My DVDs...

The on and off button is normally green. When it turns yellow (amber) there are 2 diagnoses: 1 - solid yellow > Dell Diagnostics is running some motherboard related test. Hold. 2 - flashing yellow > PSU or system board failure The probability of being PSU vs MOBO is 50/50 If the 755's PSU is...

1 - If W10 is retail version and you have the activation key, everything is perfect. 2 - If W10 was upgraded from retail versions of W7 or W8, in some cases the keys work. If not, contact Microsoft. 3 - If W10 is O&M, but you have linked the installation, even if it is a W7 or W8 upgrade to a...

Forget Windows for now ;) Try to see if third-party programs like EaseUS Partition Master, Macrium or even Aomei Partition Assisten recognize this SSD. If yes, sometimes it is enough to assign a new letter to the drive.

In simple words, "HDD Reallocated sectors count " shows the number of sectors that failed and were removed from use. The HDD has reached its limit and although it may continue to work for a while longer it is impossible to know when it will fail completely. It is not a secure HDD and needs to be...

Macrium is excellent software, but sometimes errors occur. You could alternatively try using EaseUs Partiton Master with the option > Migrate OS to an SSD / HD. I think it can fix it.

Hi try to change for this one : https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CX550M-ATX12V-EPS12V-Supply/dp/B019NWRUXK