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    Question My Pc doesn't detect my SSD

    Hi, recently am facing a problem i didn't face before. sometimes when am running my pc, the pc shut down themselves automatically Without any interference from me, what happens after is that he doesn't boot again and enter to the SSD (Windows installed on the SSD). When i enter the BIOS i can't...
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    [SOLVED] One HDD Partition is at 100% usage only when writing, read below:

    My HDD is split into 2 partitions, one partition E: is working perfectly fine at +100mbps speed writing and reading, the other partition D: has this issue, basically the transfer speed (writing only) is between 1-8 Mbps, and the HDD gets to 100% usage on the simplest tasks like moving a 100mb...
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    Question HDD vs SSD on External Enclosure

    Dear TomsHardware Community I'm new in here so hallo. I would like to ask some questions, i have 2.5 inch orico sata enclosure I would like to put storage in it. But I have questions about durability for the data, some people say HDD more durable some statistics like Blackblaze say SSD more...
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    [SOLVED] Upgrading main C drive on Dell OptiPlex 9020: hard drive or SSD? And if the latter, which one?

    I have a Dell OptiPlex 9020 (running Windows 10) with a 250 GB hard drive. I want to upgrade to either 1 TB or 2 TB, and am unsure as to whether I should get a hard drive or a SSD. I understand that SSDs are quicker and can speed up the system, but as I run my computer virtually 24/7, I'm...
  5. Dagoth-ur

    Question Got a HDD that won't initialize, and has no visible space?

    Hello everyone, I hope someone will be able to help me find out if I've bought a broken HDD. Short of it is I bought a HDD, it wouldn't show in 'my computer' yet the docking station appears fine. I can't initialize or do much with it. I'll add some images for context with a breakdown (inserting...
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    Question HDD broken connector and pins

    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.
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    Question HDD is making my whole laptop unresponsive.

    I recently bought 5TB Western Digital, brand new, no issues, installation went smoothly, mainly used to store movies and TV show, since I have no internet on board (I'm a sailor). I wanted to take some classic old movies from a colleague and once he returned it to me, my HDD was useless. It...
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    Question Where to store my dataset (read-only)

    I have a 2TB training dataset to run in my desktop PC with 4 nvidia rtx2080ti graphics cards. This entire 2TB dataset is going to be continuously read from the disk (without break) at each training epoch and there are 200 epochs to train (total training time is estimated as two months). My...
  9. randompunk

    Question Power connector for HP ML370 ML350 G6 SFF Backplane Board 511785-001

    Hello All, I am wondering if this board could be added to a PC and be powered by the current PSU? If so are there any adapter cables that can utilise spare Molex cables and turn them in to a 10 pin EPS ( I think its an EPS ). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers See pics below, If...
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    Question Seagate BarraCuda / BarraCuda pro alternatives

    Hello, So i was looking for Seagate BarraCuda pro 14 to 18 Tb HDD but i can't find it here in Canada or any decent size (10 Tb or above) Seagate BarraCuda pro. I heard that Seagate discontinued the Barracuda series and I don't think Seagate Ironwolf (NAS) or Exos (for Servers/data centers) will...
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    [SOLVED] HDD from external drive is showing strange partitions

    Hi Experts, I have an old 2TB HDD that I pulled out of an external case a long time ago. I recently hooked it up and I am stuck with the following: image of computer management I have a 233.88Gb RAW partition followed by 1630.14Gb Unallocated I am sure this is wrong - it would have been...
  12. Ptk_23

    [SOLVED] Had a problem adding an HHD to my Laptop.

    I recently bought a 'Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15ach6 amd ryzen 7 5800h/16gb/512gb ssd/rtx 3050ti/15.6" '. For what I read/saw online, it was possible to add an HDD. Also the laptop came with an HDD tray and screws for it, so I assumed that was the case. When I opened the laptop here's what I...
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    Question Which (14-18 Tb)HDD should I get for normal desktop PC usage?

    So I want to store my videos, audio, applications, steam games backup (my PlayStation 1,2,3,4 games' ripped discs/blurays/folders/backups) and to install some older games, Application setups, Archive files Photoshop/premier/Cubase projects and unreal engine / blender / Daz Studio library and...
  14. thedonquixotic

    Question I have a RAID1 array with one failed drive that I need to back up to a new drive, on Linux, what do you recommend?

    I had the OS SSD fail, and then a motherboard fail, so now I've got an all new set up but I need to get my archival RAID1 set back up. One of the 2 drives appears to have failed (it's showing only 4gb partition in Gnome disk utility), and I want to rescue what I can from the remaining drive...
  15. gio2vanni86

    Question Anyone have a good recommendation for a very large capacity HDD ?

    I been looking for a large HDD, and maybe someone here can sound off on a good one. I keep seeing 22TB drives but keep reading that their only for NAS or cloud services and wouldnt be capable of storing media on them. So can anyone sound off if say like the Ironwolf or EXOS of seagate would be...
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    Question Difference in transfer rate

    Well, I'm about to spend some money on a setup, but came across a major question. I found two HDDs. Both SATA. Very different storages. One 20 TB and the other 8TB. But what's intriguing are the specs. 4TB one says 3000 megabytes per sec 20TB says 285 megabytes per sec but they also include the...
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    Question Migration of data from HDD to SSD

    Hello I have C: SSD with Windows 10 and D: HDD with the data like documents and so on, but also I use that D: for games installation folder. And for example, Steam and Epic etc. are installed on C: but games are put in D:. Now I want to completely get rid of that HDD and put SSD instead. How to...
  18. Murkypompano

    Question My HDD won’t boot without my SSD connected and made priority boot, but HDD is still my boot system

    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...
  19. Aerith626

    [SOLVED] Performed a memtest and now my SSD isn't my main boot drive

    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...
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    Question Hdds making a screeching noise when powering down.

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Old HDD Remaining Lifetime is 82 Days

    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...
  22. vincentasdjadj

    Question so my PC is shutting down randomly.

    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...
  23. InTakeYT1

    Question HDD shows up in BIOS but not in Windows ?

    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...
  24. Apolepth

    Question HDDs have become much louder a week after changing case and PSU ?

    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...
  25. Artifice_gg

    Question How easy is it to replace a 3.5" sata connector?

    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...
  26. Pablobhn

    Question PSU SATA not working for hdd

    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...
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    Question Problems with PC/Motherboard/BIOS ?

    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 -...
  28. ElSturge

    Question Is my HDD dying?

    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...
  29. cryptocorneruk

    Question MSI-X470 Gaming plus max - Seagate 2TB HDD not showing

    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...
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    Question Low SSD write speed when downloading via Steam

    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...
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    Question HDD keeps spiking to 100%

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Computer won't POST after adding two HDD?

    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...
  33. f0nt

    Question SATA HDD not recognized after M.2 SSD is connected

    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...
  34. DystopianFiction

    Question My Computer Won’t Boot

    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...
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    [SOLVED] Computer runs much smoother after removing hard drive

    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...
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    Question Hard Drive Failure Help 2TB

    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...