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SPECOPS70

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Joined: Nov 29, 2018

Last seen: Dec 13, 2024

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- SPECOPS70 reacted to punkncat's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  I still use HDD for data storage and backups. I don't use them in my daily driver systems anymore.
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to Lafong's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  I do for backups only. The backup drive is written to or read from maybe 5 minutes a day. Speed is of little concern. Even if price...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to pcbuilder777's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  I have one that I moved over from my 13 year old PC. I ran a health check on it and it has all green dots and one yellow dot for a...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to Lafong's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  As I recall "current pending sector count" is particularly important and more of a warning sign than most of the others. If you don't...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  11 of the 12 drives in or attached to my NAS are HDD. 1 is a 480GB SATA III for the system drive. The others will remain spinners...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to BrickStation's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  Up until recently, I had been using a WD Blue 1TB drive in my Windows PC for storage. Just a few years ago, I was using it for gaming...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  That would be "long term unpowered storage".
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to DRagor's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  Had HDD as only drive till last week :) but made a new build last Sunday and could no longer make any excuses as the last caveman :D
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to faalin's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  I use 2 Western Digital Red Pro 18TB & 1 6TB in my computer 3 Western Digital Red Pro 18TB + 1 512GB SSD in my backup server 3 Western...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to Misgar's post in the thread Question Who still uses these.... with Like.
  
  I have loads of HDDs scattered across tower systems and backup servers. As of 2024 Quarter 3, Backblaze had at least 288,076 hard...
  
  Dec 13, 2024
- SPECOPS70 replied to the thread Question Who still uses these.....
  
  Agreed. I use the black for storage and some older games. I can hear the reading needle everytime I power up my comp though. Got used to...
  
  Dec 12, 2024
- SPECOPS70 reacted to viecky's post in the thread Question White cursor only... with Like.
  
  Try to clear the CMOS battery, remove that small cell from motherboard. And then try starting the PC.
  
  Dec 11, 2024
- SPECOPS70 replied to the thread Question White cursor only....
  
  Well it loaded after about 8 minutes on the white cursor and another 8 to 10 on the logo. What gives?
  
  Dec 10, 2024
- SPECOPS70 replied to the thread Question White cursor only....
  
  Update. The aorus logo came up but is not loading windows yet. Could it be my m.2 boot drive? Hopefully it loads.
  
  Dec 10, 2024
- SPECOPS70 posted the thread Question White cursor only... in Systems.
  
  Hello all. Specs in sig. I turned on my rig and it stays locked on the white cursor on the screen. Will not boot past there. Wha could...
  
  Dec 10, 2024
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