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Hi, I am looking for a used or new Windows 11 Professional - Lenovo desktop tower PC with lots of HDD expansion on the motherboard. What would you recommend? Thanks, Lee

So, I've had my fair share of trouble with upgrading my PC in the last week. I got these new: Motherboard: Asrock B650E Steel Legend Mobo, CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D RAM: 32GB I got all of that last Tuesday and right that day my PC wouldn't boot up so I sent it for repairs. I got the PC fixed...

My secondary SATA HDD is suddenly indicated as a “Local disc” in Windows (10) Explorer. If I open Disk Management, it has a RAW file system, but is indicated as error-free. Tried to connect it to an external docking station, but it is the same there. It spins up, but the data cannot be accessed...

When a 2.5" HDD + USB3.0 enclosure case is removed the USB3.0 cable of PC that powers the case, how many seconds does it take for the read/write heads of this HDD to enter parked mode?

I'm monitoring my Kingston NVMe SSD with HWMonitor and CrystalDiskInfo. The drive shows: - Health Status: 98% (Good) - Assembly temp: 38°C - in CrystalDiskInfo too (same sensor IG) - Sensor 2 temp: 69°C - shows only in HWMonitor Drive is showing "Good" status overall, but I'm a bit concerned...

With the upcoming Black Friday/Cyber Monday, I finally decided to pull the trigger on a big data consolidation I needed to do for a long time and got myself a RAID enclosure, with an upcoming purchase of a couple of HDDs for it, so I thought now is the best time to ask a few questions to make...

Do 2.5" HDDs have any protection against impact or accidental shock hdd 2.5" in power on operates to prevent the needle and mechanical arm from touching the magnetic disks? Do 2.5" HDDs manufactured in 2012/2013 have this protection or only the most recent ones? Does shock to the 2.5" HDD case...

Hello all. I wanna do an external HDD for my back up using an internal HDD inside a USB box Is it possible to put a NAS type HDD inside a box with a USB connector to my computer? Will it be reliable like a normal HDD inside the same USB box?

On my desktop PC (Intel Core i7 10-700K) I am looking to replace a 6T HDD which is woefully short on space. It is used for a Lightroom catalog and for photos. When I built it 4 years or so ago I chose a 6T WD Black drive. Now I am trying to decide with which drive to replace it (probably 12TB...

4tb seagate baracuda. After my pc stopped working, maybe due to a bad PSU, bad motherboard, I don't know, I got my hard drives all removed and my two SSDs seem fine, but my 4tb Seagate baracuda HDD, no windows installed on it just a secondary internal hard drive, the one with lots of important...

Hello, i'm seeking help with some issues i have with my computer. Specs: Windows 10 pro 64-bit Case: NZXT H200 Mini-ITX MB: ASRock X470 Gaming-ITX/ac (AM4) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 RAM: 2x 8GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1066MHz SSD: ADATA SX6000PNP HDD: 2TB Seagate...

Hey, I will go straight to the point. I am looking for a drive to replace my old samsung hdd drive HD154UI . I think it runs for over 10 years maybe longer. I kinda forget when i bought it exactly xD It runs without any issues, despite the fact it is over 10 years old; The main reason i want to...

It began with me turning on my PC and launching a program, which gave me a pop up telling me that the shortcut cannot locate its source file to launch. I checked disk management(I have one SSD and one HDD in my PC) and saw that the HDD was offline. Another pop up asked me to choose between MBR...

Please help me My laptop keeps getting BSOD with the error "stop code: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE". I use docking stations for external SSD and HDD hard drives from Orico. 1. https://www.orico.cc/usmobile/product/detail/id/35502 2. https://www.orico.cc/usmobile/product/detail/id/3551 My...

Hi, quick information about my situation, just bought a 512gb ssd on which i wanna get the os cloned to from my 128gb ssd, both are m2s and my motherboard only has 1 slot for it. and previously i had all my games installed on my hdd (was running 128gb ssd + 500gb hdd) , so my plan was to clone...

My 2TB Seagate External HDD had stopped responding after a power outage around a year ago and was showing up as RAW for quite a while until today when I plugged it back to check for possible solutions and the drive appears in the file manager and disk management. It has bad sectors though and I...

1) Does any software test show whether the HDD is new or used and whether the firmware/bios has been changed by someone? 2) What software test on HDD is good to identify whether it is in good condition?

I bought an aluminum case for a 2.5" HDD on AliExpress and it also came with this accessory, but I don't know what it's for, it looks like a sponge https://ibb.co/mGxXP4H https://ibb.co/yYHhHz9

Hi all, I went on holiday to see my family and it turns out that while I was there the desktop of my father suddenly stopped working and when starting he is getting the message: "Press ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other key to continue" After searching, this is because the BIOS...

For 2 weeks now I have had this problem that appeared after the PC froze (it has happened to me many times) that forced me to force it to shut down. When monitoring the performance values with MSI Afterburner it gives me normal readings (80-90 in demanding games) but it feels almost half of...

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...

So i keep looking around but I cannot seem to find a solution. So this is the story. I have a PC with a hdd in it that I have been using for over 2 years now. I want to put in an SSD with windows on it as my startup time is literally like 5-10 minutes. The HDD already has windows on it...

I want to preface by saying I am not the most knowledgeable when it comes to PC parts and components, so please bear with me. I finally went around to installing a Samsung Evo 870 1TB SSD I got a while ago and saw some threads about how using it as the boot drive, as opposed to the HDD, is a...

I have sold my old PC recently, but for now I am able to use my sister's old Macbook while I save up for a new PC. So, as usual, trash storage. Hence, I was wondering if there exists a portable HDD that I can crank daily for my use and maybe fit it in my new PC later (I know, too much to ask)...

I accidentally changed the format of disk to ext4 . Which is not a format that windows supports. And even installation disk doesn't recognize my hdd. But my hdd was healthy before . I told my friend to connect my hdd to his motherboard and check if the drive appear on disk management or not ...

i have connected an HDD to my PC and after turning my PC on it automatically started disk repair but the light gone and now my hard disk is unusable. i can't even see the HDD connected in the BIOS.

Is 77 seconds a normal boot time+logintime for an hdd? I just wanted to know because I'm getting tired of waiting this long just to boot up and log into windows

Sorry if this post is bad, it’s my first one. My PC recently stopped recognizing my SSD, it won’t even show up in the BIOS. Before this my PC had bluescreened twice. While I still had access to Windows I was checking temps, and they were fine. Now I’ve lost all access to Windows from my SSD. I...

Hey Guys. I'm trying my hand at reviving an old PC for some light home server usage. I bought an old dell with a B85M-G43 mobo. It didn't have an HDD so I got a 10tb HGST SATA6.0 7200rpm refurbished off amazon. I tried attaching it to the old PC and it would not show up as present on the BIOS...

hello everyone i got a little problem with a computer i got some HDD's to scan and when i get to non-boot ones , one dissapears i use - 1 TB Toshiba P300 for Boot with 3 partitions C D E - 4 TB Toshiba P300 for storage - 4 TB WD Purple for storage - DVD-RW ( ODD ) STORY i had a Tehnoware FAL...

Hello everyone, sorry... I'm new here. Hope I I can get the answer. I have an unallocated hdd problem, but I also want the files inside that have been deleted and are still stored in MFT, I can retrieve them but how do I want them to be lost or unopenable. If it can disappear without being...

I have a 5TB Western Digital Easystore 2647 External HDD and anytime I try to play games (like Valorant, Apex Legends, etc) that are installed on that drive, they take forever to load up (5+ minutes with Valorant) and then once I get into a match, it takes forever to load into the game (5+...

Hi all, thanks in advance for any help. I had an idea to upgrade my hhd storage in my laptop. I currently have 1tb hhd installed as a secondary drive. Main windows is now a 1tb M.2 drive(just upgraded yesterday) I do have a 2Tb HDD which has my music on (iTunes) but the controller is shot...

Hello friends i have urgent quesstion . Im selling 10tb wd gold (wd101kryz) 10tb hdd. And i have buyer that is interested of getting it for nvr. I wanted to know if it can work with nvr? Please can you guys tell me quick? I belive the nvr model is this dhi-nvr4208-4ks2

Hi all, So i think i have this 1,5 GB drive for about 12 years now. Didn't have any problems with it. Officially it was released in 2009 but i bought it later, in 2012 i think. I already have my 6 sata slots full so i wonder is worth spending money on a new driver despite the old one is working...

Hello, I've been having some issues with my HDD. I'm not exactly sure when this started, but I'd say around a month or so ago. I have a 1TB Western Digital HDD (mostly for games) paired with a 250GB Kingston SSD (for OS and a few programs). As I'm playing games that are installed on my HDD, my...

Hello, I'm hearing noises from my 12 TB used industrial HDD and I was recommended to do an extended SMART results, but I can't understand it. Could someone help me with it ? https://pastebin.com/C7hJ3erZ smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-w10-22H2] (sf-7.4-1) Copyright (C)...

Hello, I've got a failing 80% fragmented Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB SATA HDD that I need to replace. I posted a thread with the details and asked for help: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/1tb-hdd-80-fragmented-windows-10-optimise-drives-program-doesnt-help.3842613/...

I've got a 1TB HDD that's 80% fragmented. It was working fine, if slow, right up until the other week. I noticed it getting worse because I can't play any video files from it without extreme stuttering. It's more like a slide show. I've tried other video players and the stuttering continues...

Hi, i just fresh installed windows 11 on my new m.2 ssd and windows named it drive "C" as usual.. but i already had an old sata ssd and it also was drive C and it has my old os windows 10 and i also had a 1 TB hdd which hd 3 partitions- D,E,F. now since installed that new m.2 SSD into my system...