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Like the title says, through 3 separate people trying to do something I have now ended up in a situation where my original HDD won’t start up without my new SSD being connected and made its primary boot. The original plan was to clone my HDD to my new SSD to make it the boot device, and then...

Hi. I recently replaced my motherboard and my CPU and did a clean installation of windows, but I was getting BSODs constantly, so I ran a lot of tests. Problem is, after running memtest, I turned on my PC and got the the prompt "Select proper boot device or insert media device and restart". When...

I've recently purchased a WD Blue 2TB and a WD Blue 4TB. I am certain both arrived with a damaged head but I want to make sure before sending it back. They both make quiet but worrying noises when reading/writing to random places(but these could normal) but they both make loud screeching noises...

My PC is still running with an old Seagate drive (ST31000524AS) that I have been using since 2013 as the main storage drive. I have been monitoring the health of my drives using HDSentinel, particularly the old 1TB drive, and it has reached the point where its estimated remaining lifetime is now...

so my pc has been making a hissing sound lately and shutdowns randomly, i barely used it today because of the error. some people said that it was an HDD issue and that my HDD is dying but when i ran a health check on my PC using command prompt when it booted, it says that my HDD was fine, what...

I have my windows installed on my NVMe SSD and my HDD doesn't show up in Windows (disk management, device manager, etc) but does show in BIOS. To get my HDD to show in Windows I have to boot into BIOS and exit out and then my HDD shows in Windows (file explorer, etc). Normal boot up without...

Hi, recently I changed my PC case and PSU to new ones, I assembled everything and it worked fine and quiet, After a week my both new HDD and older HDD drives became significantly louder after turning on PC in the morning, they sound like fans or a vaccum or something. Since then these HDDs are...

I saved up and bought a WD80EAZZ (8TB, Western Digital blue) last month. I was an idiot and didn't have it properly secured in my case. Long story short: the plastic support brackets broke off the hard drive's SATA connector, the pins at least look alright: I've scoured and seen some similar...

When I connect my HDD to my PSU SATA cable, it doesn't turn on. The PSU is a cougar gx modular one, I've tried 3 different SATA cables (all of them are 8 pin - 5 for real - to 3 or 4 sata connectors in chain, none of the connectors work). I've tested the HDD with an external PSU (transformer...

Hello dear Forum visitors! I really need your help. I've been sitting without a PC for a month The computer sees the hard drives, but does not load them. Even at first I didn't install Windows on them. I decided to change the power supply, it seemed to be in it and buy an ssd. Here it is -...

Hey guys and gals. I recently did a new build using a few of my original components and was wondering if my HDD sounds healthy or not. The fans on the old build were very loud compared to my current ones so it could just be that the fans originally masked the noise of the HDD but I could be...

Pretty much as the title says, Ill start with my specs. OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621 System Model MS-7B79 BaseBoard Product X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) Processor AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor, 4700 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical...

Good afternoon! Could anyone explain to me, why I have low write speed with SSD when I am downloading a game in Steam? I have an internet connection with stable speed of 1500+ Mbits/s. So, since I have an SSD, I expect a downloading speed of the game via Steam of about 1500/8 ~ 190 MBytes/s...

When I'm browsing and when I shut down the computer, my HDD seems to spike to 100% for a 5-8 seconds before going back down to 1-5% again. I'm not sure why this is happening, it only started to happen after I had started to play a heavily modded video game (TES Oblivion) which was like a week...

I have a computer in which I have 4 NAS hard drives installed. I've just added two more to the system and the computer won't POST. I hit the power button and I hear a brief click of the system starting to turn on then nothing. I disconnected the two new hard drives from the PSU and the computer...

Hi everyone I have an Asus TUF Gaming B550 Plus motherboard with an 5600x I have 2 SATA SSDs both samsung, 3 SATA HDDs (1 WD Blue, 2 Seagate Barracuda) and 2 m.2 SSDs. I just bought my second M.2 SSD for games. The first 980 PRO M.2 is in the top slot working fine, and 970 EVO plus is in the...

My desktop computer will not boot. I’ve had it for less than two years, it has (I believe) Windows 10, and when I try to boot it, past the ASUS screen, I get a black screen with the blinking dash in the top left corner. I’m wondering if my hard drive is going undetected. How would I figure that...

So I have been playing games like Fortnite Valorant and r6 but then suddenly one day they were very laggy. I checked task manager and it said that my disk was at 100% while running the games, and I thought this was weird because the games were not on my hard drive but on another SSD. But just to...

Hello, I did not expect to be posting to this forum or any forum however I have encountered some unfortunate circumstances. Recently my Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB drive got the click of death. I ordered another drive of the same model only a year newer. 2016 vs 2017. I replaced my read write head...

My drive just finished WD Lifeguard extended scan 4+ hours, resulted in a healty drive (SMART is reporting no changes in attributes). But when I do WD Dashboard Extended Smart test it stuck at 90%, still running (5+ hours). Task manager showing no drive activity (neither write or read, 0%...

Hello. Here's my set-up: ASUS RT-ACRH13 router Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 plugged into the router via USB, containing One Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 HDD One Western Digital WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 HDD Two Samsung 870 EVO SSDs, connected by Ethernet to a Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 4 Workstation Dock...

Hello. I have an ASUS RT-ACRH13 with several hard drives in a Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 enclosure, attached to the router via USB. The HDDs are running all the time. If I plug the ProBox directly into my computer, the drives don't run all the time, so I assume it's the router that's...

I have my windows installed on my NVMe SSD and my HDD doesn't show up in Windows (disk management, device manager, etc) but does show in BIOS. To get my HDD to show in Windows I have to boot into BIOS and exit out and then my HDD shows in Windows (file explorer, etc). Any ideas? HDD: Seagate 2TB...

Alright guys so let's talk about my problem. One year ago my HDD external which is a WD 1TB failed, I couldn't access it I could see it in windows disk management but only as UNKNOWN tried several programs recovery tools nothing worked. After one year I took his case off and decided to plug it...

My laptop was first installed with Linux mint after realising that windows is more convenient I tried to install windows10 back using a usb But nothing happens during installation even after waiting for an hour it just shows a blank screen So after countless tutorials and reading threads i...

Hello, 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE Currently getting i/o error whenever trying to access files on this drive from an SSD. Currently has Win10 installed as an OS. Cannot boot from this drive. Cannot access the files via another drive. Can access the...

Earlier today my HDD started clicking at the moment its only when I play games but I heard it will progressively get worse and die. I plan to buy a new one tomorrow (cant afford it until then) and it will take a few days to get here. My question is how long does a clicking hdd usually last? or I...

Hello all, This is the main storage machine for my at-home wifi security cameras: https://us.eufy.com/products/t80301d1 Its called the HomeBase3 and it supports up to 16TB of "Any 5V 2.5" storage drive (HDD or SSD) with a SATA interface.Note: 12V storage drives are not supported. " 1. I dont...

Hi all, this may be a silly question. Would you trust having a hardrive shipped to you? would you be worried that the box was thrown around and risk damaging the HDD by the time it gets to you? or do you insist on buying it from the store in person?

My problem would be that for some reason I have an input lag and it's only and I looked in this program and it's because of 2 things LATENCY MON _ CONCLUSION _ Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts. LatencyMon has been analyzing...

Okay I’m looking at getting a new HDD to store games on and I’m torn between getting another Exos HDD or getting a WD Black HDD Currently have a Exos HDD for my main storage and a Samsung 970 evo M.2 for OS and frequently used programs Is there any advantages over one or the other? The WD...

Hi, I'm new here just for this. There's so much information I want to give that I don't know where to start but here goes. I bought a sata kingston ssd to replace an older one I have and I had that and two "bad" hdd's, all of their data copied to the kingston. Everything was fine until today...

I'm looking reliable, good performing and quiet storage drive for photos, videos, projects and backups. I'm not using NAS-system. Ironwolf, Red+ and Blue (cmr) costs same unless I choose Blue smr. Can propably pay little extra for Gold or Black (if blacks noise is really that bad than many...

Hello, my friend has a gaming pc for about a year now and he accidentally installed windows 10 on the hdd, now he wants to switch it to a ssd. What is the easiest way possible and anything to keep in mind?

Hi, is there any way of, at least for a while, saving my HDD? I know I should buy a new one, but I would like to use this one for a while if possible.