sata ssd

I have a primary M.2 SSD (WD SN770) that I use as a boot drive which works fine, but the secondary SATA SSD will sometimes randomly stop working which necessitates a restart, after which it works fine. I just built this PC last month, however the SSD in question is 2 years old and it was the...

I am having 100% disk usage (whenever I install or move or backup a game on Steam OR whenever I install any software) and during that time, I can't properly do other tasks or open apps, they tend to become "Not responding". When I am not doing these backups or move or install any software, the...

Hey all, I was doing some upgrades for my computer, and I'm migrating to a new system with an NVMe SSD instead of a SATA SSD. I couldn't find the sata power cable for my new power supply (I've found them now) so I decided the easiest way to copy my data over to my new computer would be to use an...

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. " I was...

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, I have the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SATA 2.5" SSD, it is the oldest SSD in my system, it was originally used as system drive for Windows but it haven't been used this way for a couple of years approximately. Generally, I don't seem to feel or see any noticeable problem with it but S.M.A.R.T...

Hi, I have a GIGABYTE Aorus B550 Elite V2 motherboard, currently running 1 M.2 NVME & 4 SATA drives, planning due to two failing mechanical HDDs to replace them with 1 SATA SSD & 1 m.2 NVME SSD, thing is, I can't figure out if my board allows to use all M.2 & SATA ports at the same time, I know...

I'm new here, so I am sorry if this is posted in the wrong part of the forum. Here is the info for my brother's computer: CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme (GXiVR8280A) Motherboard: MSI Z370 A Pro CPU: i7-8700k GPU: RTX 2080 8 GB SSD: 240 GB SanDisk SATA HDD: 3 TB Toshiba 7200 RPM SATA RAM: 2 x 8 GB...

Hello, I'm looking to upgrade storage on my PC. Currently I'm using a 128GB SATA SSD as boot drive, and two 1TB HDDs for storage, games and everything else. My plan is to get rid of HDDs altogether, due to speed and noise issues. So now I'm considering the following: 1) Buy a 2TB SATA SSD to...

I recently got a new SSD. It's a Silicone Power 1TB M.2 SSD. I already have a SATA SSD that's been installed since I built the PC. The M.2 shows up in BIOS and Device Manager, but not Disk Manager. I have tried uninstalling the Standard SATA AHCI Controller, moving around my SATA cables for the...

I have an ASUS A320M-K motherboard (which has a PCIe NVMe SSD connection on the board) and an AMD A10 9700 processor which cannot boot to a PCIe NVMe SSD. Is is possible to start the computer by initially booting to a SATA SSD but then switching things over to operate/run from the PCIe NVMe SSD...

Hey y'all, I upgraded to an M.2 SSD from a SATA SSD which had been my boot drive for a number of years. Well I remember having problems when I first upgraded about 6 months ago, I wasn't able to continue to use my old SATA SSD as a storage drive without the PC trying to boot off of it, and if I...

For NVMe SSD’s, NVMe itself is their protocol, M.2 is their form factor, finally PCIe is their interface ... But for SATA SSD’s, what does SATA mean, between their protocol, their form factor, or their interface? Hence same with SATA, how about USB?

Hi guys, My system is. R5 3600 Rtx 2070 3 sata SSD 1 nvme ssd (boot drive) 2 3.5 HDD. 16gb 3200mhz ram. 1 of the sata ssds is at 100 percent usage for about 2 minutes at first boot up. The things I've tried are: I've reset the pc with a fresh usb of windows, swapped the sata cable, plugged...

Good day! As I’m still new to changing out hardware in PCs, I thought it’d be good to ask here before I venture out and do something silly. I’ve just purchased a new SSD, this time one that uses the M.2 slot. Today, I just use an ordinary, quite old SSD that utilizes a SATA cable to connect...

Whats the differences between the Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V7E1T0) (Link ) vs the Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-76E1T0) (Link), is there performance differences or such. Explain this to me in...

So I'm finally upgrading to an SSD after having a standard hdd for ages. Now I know that there are different types of ssd such as the M.2 and normal 2.5 inch sata. I'm aware of the significantly larger read and write speeds of an m.2 over sata, although I've heard that a lot of this is just...

Which drive would you buy? -MX500 500GB for 80€ (new) -950 Pro 500GB for 110€ (secondhand as new) (comes with icybox pcie adapter) Looking forward to your replies.

Im getting a 1tb sata ssd soon. I'm gonna use it for mostly for storing games and mods for them. Is it safe to clone the HDD i have my games on currently to the SSD without problems? A few of the games are heavily modded. Was also curious since cloning works by copying the exact sectors of the...

I've been receiving the message: "SATA SSD on Controller 0, Port 5: At risk (SMART event)" for the past couple of days. Obviously an impending problem is on the horizon, but I have no idea what it is or how to fix it. Can someone please help me identify the problem and how to go about fixing it...