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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...

TL;DR - I have two internal 8TB HDD's that I insert into a USB dock and plug into my computer to transfer files and now it's reading as corrupted after I disconnected the dock. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I have two internal Seagate Barracuda 8TB HDD's I...

Hey, I have both my original PCB and donor PCB for an old Western Digital WD6400AAKS. My goal is to get the data off this HDD, as it's from 2010 or so and I'm curious to see what's on it from back in my live music days etc. I thought I could DIY transfer the ROM/"BIOS" across, but this has...

I was writing data to my HDD (installed in an external case) and accidentaly hit it and it dropped almost to the floor, it wasn't a big impact, but it disconnected and when I turned it back on, Windows said it had to search for errors, it found some and erase them. View...

Hello, I have a feeling that my internal desktop storage HDD is agonizing. Would you mind giving your thoughts about the CrystalDiskInfo report I've attached? DEC Raw Values, btw. FYI: I already have 3 x backups, so chill :) Thank you!

I have been trying to clear some space on both my HDD and M.2 SSD and I have noticed that my HDD is very full! I have attached some screen shots of both my HDD storage and when I have run WinDirStat. I don't under stand why WinDirStat is saying I have used so little yet windows is saying I...

So I used to DJ quite a bit back in the day….I have two Seagate Wall Powered External Harddrives and Two LaCie Wall Powered External Harddrives These drives haven’t been on for at least 8 years. I try to plug them in and nothing. They don’t power on or anything. Tried different cables...

Hello. I have a question about the HP P400 SAS controller, this one: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c00677275&docLocale=en_US I have an HP Z240 SFF Desktop PC with a Xeon E3-1220 v5 CPU, and a dedicated GPU. I have a SAS SSD laying around, and I was wondering if by...

Hi, I’ve recently attempted to upgrade my gaming pc considerably, but after getting everything up and running it wont seem to recognise my two HDDS together. Intermittently, it recognises one, through using the other cable or another port but I have no idea what the issue is exactly, I’m trying...

I found an old laptop that I haven't used in years. Just to explore, I started taking apart the hard drive and exposed the platters. I didn't have glove or anything on. Luckily, I was outside when I decided to take pliers and bend them. They shattered into a million pieces. I swept up what I...

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...

Hello guys, recently, i have noticed that my 16 TB HDDs (which I cant backup at the moment), make this really strange noise, always when booting up the PC, and sometimes, randomly while its on. When it happens while its on, the file explorer suddenly stops working for a few seconds, doesn't...

Hi everyone! I have a 18TB HDD installed in my PC. Maybe someone has a list of tweaks or best practices for configuring Windows to work with this disk. GPO, options, anything. Thanks!

Hi! I have a simple question - I am using a 2TB HDD with 32GB SSD hybrid drive as my boot drive (C) as it came stock with my Dell desktop years ago. I have upgraded nearly every component since except for the original HDD and motherboard (I’ve added a couple extra HDDs for storage though)...

hello , i have seagate laptop hdd, never used in laptop , its a friends - ST9320320AS fw sd03 , he donest know about any sounds when i asked about it . every 10 mins or so , i hear trrrr - its a 2 sec sound . then drive would be quite , then exactly after 9 -10 mins - it repeats this sound . i...

I have an old hard drive that I took from a 2010-era Macbook Air. I also have an old HP Envy desktop that I would like to use for some coding; however, I am working with Swift and I can't use Xcode on a windows PC... I only have windows computers, so I was curious if anyone knew of a way to use...

Hi All, I'm in a little bit of a sticky situation, so if anyone could help i would appreicate massively. So, I have bought a Custom Mini Pc, With room to add a 2.5 inch laptop drive. I have a NVME in it for main OS and it didn't come with the HDD mount to add my 2.5 inch drive. It has the sata...

I have an external 1tb hdd which I put in my pc its working great but the problem is that in some apps I cannot use it to store as its marked as unsafe because it thinks its external. any way to make it work as normal?

A few weeks ago I bought a new m2 SSD for my PC. I have in total 2 SSD’s now and the purpose for the new one was to clone the C drive from my old HHD (which has windows installed) to help with boot time, speed and not hearing the annoying sound from the HDD. It worked fine but when I unplugged...

I got a very weird issue after I swapped out my HDD (possibly even before but I attributed it to the dead HDD). I have my system on an SSD and junk on another SSD or the HDD. When my PC is positioned vertically it often it starts to lag and the cursor almost always has the loading animation (15...

I was working on my laptop on my lap with my HDD connected. I stood up and the HDD fell. I plugged it back and it continued working with no issues. Then I stood up again and then the cord shaked. I plugged it back and the drive is not working again. its telling me to format before I can use it...

Hello, my pc is fairly new and for some reason i'm having issues with my HDD, i have windows installed on an sdd and somethimes everything works fine, but somethimes when i play videogames, my pc freezes and when i reboot my HDD is no longer visible, i tried checking my HDD's health and is on...

Ok, so I have a question for you folks; I'm not new to the PC building hobby, but it's been a while since my last build (ok, let's be honest, over a decade 😬), and my new build is running into a particularly peculiar (to me) issue. My "new" system build is based on a Z97/Broadwell mATX build...

I must be getting old. Can't sort this one out. I have a bunch of old spin drives. I bought a bunch of SATA to USB 3.0 connectors to plug the drives in to a computer and access them via powered USB 3.0 hub. I picked a high-watt version to be sure that it could handle the power needs of a...

I know SSD's have a lower lifespan. But is it noticeable? I also know that hard-drives are much cheaper, per terabyte. How would your answer change in 4 years?

I have no idea what to do next. I bought a new PC. A custom build from a well known company (supposedly good). Waited a few weeks for my monitor to show. I set it all up. It wouldn't boot properly (I have complained to the vendor). I got tired of having to boot to a WIN DVD to get past the...

So what is going on is that I just recently got told that I should switch everything I have on my hdd to my sdd because my pc would boot up slow. I would always think it was fine since it's just taking its time booting everything up. So after I had done that, I had reset my pc because it would...

I usually do some scavenging in my way to home, and collect Books, VHS and E-waste like stone aged CPU, GPU and most likely HDD (and SSD if lucky) most of I gathered seems functional, but my brother says I should just throw away instead of using it on to our PC, he thinks it may contain some...

I should start by saying I had these errors before with my Msi 1050ti and Ripjaws 2x8gb RAM. Memtest told me the RAM had too many errors and although nothing was wrong with the GPU I still switched it out just in case. Now my current set is a Rtx 3060 and 2x16 GB crucial RAM cards (I don't have...

Hello, Quick question: I would like to know what HDD is best for long term storage in a computer. I'm replacing a wd black 4 tb but i wish to expand to 8 or 12 (or more). i googled untill my brain exploded and i just can't make a decision. I get the feeling those comparison sites are bought by...

Hi, I was wondering if someone could help with a situation i have. My motherboard died about a week ago so i took the opportunity to rebuild and move from Win10 pro to 11 pro. On Win10 I had 2 drives set up in software raid (1?) so that they were simply mirrored. In moving to the new system, i...

Hey guys, So I wanted to buy a new hdd since my ssd only had around 100GB left. So I saw these 3 different types of hdd in Amazon, which is: NAS HDD Surveillance HDD Desktop HDD Their prices aren't significantly more expensive than the regular pc hdd and it is advertised that they are far more...

Noticed sparks coming out of the wall socket where my PC was plugged into so I had someone else help me swap it to another wall. However, I didn't think about the PSU switch still being on and this person jerked the cord in and out as electricity was visible each time. Right away I realized I...

Guys, Is this WD internal drive safe to use? I was copying folders when suddenly the copying speed went down to zero, even after a couple of retries. Checking the drive on CrystalDisk shows the drive to be in 'caution'. What should I do next? The drive is out of warranty. I have backed up...

I recently bought a m2 wd black sn850x 4tb ssd and a ugreen enclosure. My intent was to clone my internal m2 ssd I tried to clone it using arconis true image software. I installed the SSD in the enclosure and cloned the internal drive. I swapped it to inside my laptop however it failed to boot...

I have a Toshiba hard drive. It is not showing anywhere (e.g., disk management,file explorer). The HDD is shown in the bio. So, I took the Sata cable that was connected to the Toshiba HDD and connected it to another HDD (Seagate Baracuda 1TB). Seagate Baracuda HDD is not shown anywhere except in...

Recently my (old) hard drive started making this noise, it sounds like it spins up, clicks then spins down, though im not sure. Does anyone recognize a drive sounding like this? What's the cause and are those the last days of its life? (ignore the 2 short buzzes those are from my phone)

Why do I get a slow copy speed of 15-37 MB/s between 2 of THESE Toshiba Enterprise SATA III drives connected to Sata III MSI Z77MA-G45 Z77 motherboard ports on Windows 7 64-bit? I posted this question on the product's page and somebody replied saying then got 160 MB/s transfer speed. I'm copying...