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Failed Drive

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    Question SSD Likely Failed - Recovery Options?

    Hello - I'm fairly confident my Boot SSD has failed. I don't know why. (It was powered off for 4 months, had worked without issue for years). I moved several times, finally re-assembled computer, it was recognized in BIOS and tried to boot into Win (got the Win logo, but it hanged...)...
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    [SOLVED] ADATA SU630 480GB stops showing up in Explorer (crashes) either on boot or when opening/moving any file on it.

    I have been noticing that the speeds on this SSD have been slowed down drastically and it started performing worse than my old hard drive. When I finally decided to return it and get my money back, I started transferring all important files out of it, but when any file started being moved, the...
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    Question Seagate Barracuda ST3500630NS 7200RPM 500GB failure, no powerup, not detected in BIOS

    I own a ST3500630NS Seagate Barracuda 500GB hard drive that suddenly failed. It has absolutely no power, does not show up in bios and I have tried multiple different cables, interfaces and power supplies. It is my understanding that because there is absolutely no power-on and no detection by...
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    How much could a battery live with an I5 4210H

    So, that's the question. I'm looking for a decent laptop mainly for collegue, but it will sometimes get some "heavy" work such as photoshop or gaming. Most apealing options I've seen till now include I5 5210H, as it's known to be stronger than the "u" and "m" series. Still, I know they draw much...