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I just found something is very wrong. The file sizes on my external SSD are completely different between my desktop PC and the laptop. Here are the screenshots : The first one is from the desktop PC and the second one is from the laptop. As you can see, it's the same drive, but the file size...

Hi Guys, Need some opinions on the best way to tackle this - I have a mATX case which the provider advised can fit 2x 3.5" HDD but very tight. I am able to screw 1 HDD onto the tray/cover but I don't know how else to put the 2nd HDD behind it and secure it. Does anyone have an idea on the best...

BACKGROUND: I sometimes need to backup and restore drives to/from a USB external drive. Sometimes it's a simple file backup/restore and sometimes I need to create and restore an image. I recently had to rebuild a 2TB array where I performed a file backup/restore (VM's) and it took FOREVER...

Hi, I'm having some trouble with my disk management in Windows 11. A few months ago, I bought a new M.2 SSD from Patriot (Viper VPN100) and reinstalled Windows on it. I used to have it on an old SATA SSD from Corsair (Force GS 240GB). Now I've been updating BIOS, drivers etc. and the thing is...

I tried to move an SSD from an old Dell desktop to a newly purchased one, just to see if it could possibly boot off it. Unfortunately the new computer was not able to recognize the drive as a bootable device, even trying different SATA ports and removing the M2 drive it came with. After...

I was transferring some stuff over to my PC from my Easystore (8tb drive) when my apartment power went out. Now - the drive is showing up as a single 1.8tb new folder. I do not have a copy of this drive - This is the only 8 tb drive I have. NOTHING is showing up. I had years worth of rips / work...

I’m giving a family member my old notebook, to replace hers, and I have 2 questions: - First, I want to do a full format on my machine’s m.2 ssd. Can I do it on the notebook itself? Or should I transfer it to my PC in order to run a format on disk manager? Do I risk anything with my notebook’s...

Hi all I run win 7 on a dc5800 hp desktop. lately my DVD drive has stopped working and is able to read neither DVD nor CD though it make a gurr noise when a disc is inserted. I usually don't use it for burning any discs. Occasionally the dvd icon on left of explorer disappears and the icon on...

For the past few months, I've been encountering unusual problems when downloading games on Steam. Despite having a 1 gigabit per second (gbps) network connection, Steam's download speed consistently remains at 50-60 megabytes per second (MB/s). This discrepancy doesn't seem to be related to my...

Hello, and thanks in advance to anyone who reads this. I'm working a long-term research project with a half-dozen colleagues. We have a central office with internet access, but I want to set up a separate wireless network not on the internet so I can set up a network drive that will give us all...

Hello, guys I ran into a very weird problem and I don't know what else to do. Yesterday I installed tp-link Archer T5E (AC1200) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapter. Soon as I turned my PC on, it began to restart randomly. I assumed it was a driver issue, but I didn't have enough time to deal with this...

I recently built a new computer and it boots into bios just fine. I moved the drives from my old computer into the new, and they're recognized in the bios however they aren't listed as a boot option. I believe this is because I upgraded from the am4 to am5 chipset. Any ideas? Both old and new...

So I just finished a 20 hour backup and wipe of my C: Drive to fix contant BSOD and Hard Drive repair errors I was getting for months now. Since 4/10 whenever I would Shut Down or Restart my PC I would be given these errors. Just finished reinstalling Windows so now I'm at a clean slate. Gave...

I don't know what this question belongs to, but i think it's graphic cards. I just installed the driver booster 10 from IObit but i don't think it works correctly because my pc has been working slower. How can I undo the installations? Help me, please.

So I downloaded a game called Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (a classic by the way, loved and addicted to it since it was released), and throughout the many years that I have spent playing this game, I have come to notice that it acts like Minecraft, there are some files that will only...

These are the docking stations I have bought and ended up returning for a refund: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0988X31XH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08J5SLTJX?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details...

Hi, i have an issue, the ssd drive sandiskZ400s M.2 128 GB was on a laptop and it stops to work. So I bought an external M2. flash drive and I'm tryng to check or making a diagnostic of the drive from windows. I'm not able to format the unit fort the partition tool of windows. I tried chkdsk E...

So, I often turn off my PC by pressing Alt + F4 multiple times to close all the windows I have open and then select "Shut Down" from the window that appears. Yesterday I had only Audacity open and I tried to shut down using Alt + F4 but it didn't work and as this has happened again in the past...

A few weeks ago I bought a new Acer Nitro 5 and promptly put a second ssd from my old laptop into it. I left the old system partition in case I didn't like Windows 11. The system sees the drive, can interact and transfer files, and also sees the system partition in diskpart Welp, as it turns...

Hey, I've tried setting up a RAID between two identical SSDs using Disk Management in Windows 10, but it failed for some reason. I've tried removing the mirroring but than Disk Management froze, and after a while I've closed it from Task Manager. Now the SSD won't show up anywhere. BIOS and...

Hello guys, I have a WD Black 1TB hdd and the sata 3 connector broke along with one of the pins. Is it possible to swap the drive's board with one of a similar drive without transferring the bios chip? I don't care about data loss since i keep backups regularly. Thank you.

While, I was trying to install the windows 10 media tool in my usb drive, it got disconnected and the drive broke. At first it said "insert disk" and the drive couldn't work and after I tried several things the drive now shows 57.3GB of storage instead of 32GB and it's on NTFS file system. The...

I know this sounds as if the problem is the SSD drive but I thought maybe there is a way to reformat it? It's started happening 6 months ago when I purchased the SSD and since that day I had random PC freezes, I cannot find out exactly why would a PC freeze since I cannot see anything in the...

I want to format a drive (with an os installed) in disk management, but i can't remove both healthy (EFI System) and Healthy (Recovery Partition). How to format it completely? i can do it via OS installer but i am afraid i will missclick and format my main OS. Thank you.

Hello I have a SSD and USB drives. 1. Is the the file block system on those the same as on an HDD? 2. Can a block hold parts of two different files? File A - block 1 2 3 4 File B - block 4 5 6 7 3. Which scenarios will relocate / move data from a block to another? Drive optimize /...

My SSD drive is shown in BIOS and device manager but not anywhere else. I've tried changing my motherboard to the old one, using USB adapter but nothing works. Although on my friends pc it works just fine.

Kingston manager is not recognizing my external A400 drive (2 USB adapters, with and without additional power). But WD lifeguard and Crystal Disk Info does. But when i connected the drive to a SATA, it being recognized in Kingston SSD Manager.

When I uploading a file over 100 Mbit lan, my upload speed showing 1000-500 Mbit for first minutes, and after become average. What is that?

Unsafe shutdown count and Power-off retract count. Are those are concerning values? I usually using this drive attached to a router, so maybe because of that?

If left the errors and the bad blocks aside, at what percentage of TBW is better to change the SSD drive? 60%?

My PC restarted during file transfer to an external drive., could this have damaged the drive? SMART is unchanged, no new errors. Files are fine, I had back-up.

I was able to create folder and close my FTP client (FIlezilla), while HDD was still in standby mode. All actions was made, and after that I heard that my drive begin to wake up. Is this was request on delay or what? My FTP: Router and WD My Book.

Can a magnetic charger damage external hard drive, by putting close enough?

If I filled more than 75% of the SSD free space, will speed be affected or files integrity? Or it's a myth?

I want to know how do I format my current windows C drive for a new computer that I’m building to use it as a Windows C drive. I couldn’t find any good videos, mostly people teaching how to format a secondary drive and not the windows drive for a new computer.

Various storage vendors ( WD, Seagate etc.) have a different external drive product lines (My Book, or My Passport, etc), with a different plastic case designs. Is it for design purpose only or it adds to the g-shock resistance of the drive within it ?

My system is almost 3 years old.Its having the same blue screen errors like "memory exception" or "kernel data inpage....."etc.My Motherboard has 2 slots having 8gb sticks each of ram each.Thought it was a Ram problem so I played on first slot two times(each with different stick),both times it...

This started happening when I reinstalled windows because my ram got damaged a year ago, i tried playing games and a lot of the time they crash and the drive disappears, this first happened with steam and now almost every game. i need help.

So, yesterday I did a windows downgrade everything went good. But when I booted up my pc it felt a bit slow and strange. I looked at my explorer and saw that my D:\ was gone. When I looked further into it I found out that my SSD and my HDD where just put together in my C:\ drive. Now, 5 hours...

My SSD's health is at 4% and it is decreasing every day. What happens when it reaches 0%? What should I do now to prevent data loss? Should I re-install my OS in other drive and get rid of the current one? Or there is something to be done to fix the current one? SSD Transcend 120GB...