storage

Just purchased a new Samsung 4TB T9 SSD. I have it connected via USB-C into a 20gb port on my new PC. When I first started using it, I was able to transfer a 6GB movie file from my internal SSD onto the T9 in about 10 seconds. So after that I began to copy over a lot of my personal files. Then...

Hello everyone, I have a Samsung 870 EVO for almost 2 years, and I want to buy another one. However, in the past few days, many people have been saying that there's a high chance of the drive failing. But based on my experience in the past two years, I haven't encountered any errors with the...

I have three PCs and two are from the same manufacturer and one isn’t. I have roughly the same programmes and games installed - pretty much identical game wise apart from Among Us lol. All Windows 11. First PC shows as 795gb free of 951gb. Other shows as 769gb free of 928gb. New PC shows as...

Okay so this has been quite the experience for me. I've done computer stuff for over 10 years now but I've always just only been a hobbyist with it so there are plenty of things I don't know especially on the software side. (mechanic IRL so hardware is easier for me to understand) Over a year...

TLDR: No Beep and No Video, most possible faulty parts are CPU, RAM, MOBO, PSU. Issue appeared after rearranging SSD and HDD SATA connectors, and reseating GPU. Please read full description for entire story and details. Thank you very much. I recently got an Acer Veriton M4620G, and a GTX 950...

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 All I am running a asus tuf z590 with a I7 10th gen cpu, i know that i cant have all 3 m.2 ports working on this board unless i upgrade to 11th gen so i purchased a Asus Hyper M.2 X16 Gen 4 Card. I have install 2 extra m.2's into this card but i can only get 1 of them to show up, i have...

The HDD on my HTPC seems to have died AFAICT. Neither BIOS nor a bootable USB drive see the hard drive -WD black 1TB hard disk drive WD1003FZEX . So now, I am deciding whether to replace the HD or junk the HTPC and replace it with something like a Raspberry Pi 5. My HTPC has an ASUS...

my pc: mobo: rog b360f gaming cpu: i7 8700 k gpu: 1080ti i'm thinking of buying a new ssd for my gaming pc it's almost 6 years old. So i was thinking even though my mobo is pcie 3, buying a pcie 4 nvme ssd will be better in the long run if i ever upgrade my pc. my current picks are: ADATA...

I'm looking for an external SSD backup drive for my OS drive (2 TB SSD nvme) and my 4TB WD black HDD. My motherboard is capable of USB 3.2 gen 1 but the external drive I need, the Samsung T7 Shield 4TB, Portable SSD, is USB 3.2 gen 2. Data caps at up to 1,050 mb/s. Will the transfer speeds be...

I recently installed an M2 drive after having countless issues with crashing, BSOD, and etc. which I believe was due to my hard drive. I got a Hynix P31 2 TB M2 drive and installed it on my mobo. I tried both of the slots and it didn’t seem to make a difference. When I am in BIOS (just updated...

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...

Basically, when I went to check in Disk Management I saw that I have at least 96 billion bytes (which I assume equals to 96gb) but on the right side of it, it shows less than that. Is this normal? SSD: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 OS: Windows 10

Hello all thank you for coming to my thread, My current build is as follows: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QcjtKX The ADATA and Seagate are both from my previous PC which was running Windows 10, I had to reinstall Windows as I was having Drivers issues for the sudden changes in parts and now...

I just built this about a month ago using all brand new parts. My PC goes straight into BIOS now after working for the past month with zero issues. EZ mode doesn’t detect any drives in the boot priority section but when I go into advanced and look at my SATA and NVMe configuration they are being...

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...

My motherboard doesnt support m,2 ssd. I want to buy an m.2 ssd instead of sata ssd for future proof when I buy a new motherboard with m.2 ssd support. the only PCIE slot currently available is the x1 slot PCIE 3.0. So should I go for USB 3.0 ? or buy a new normal SSD.

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)

Hello everyone. I have noticed some storage changes after I restarted my PC. When I boot my PC, it says that I have 17.8GB storage left. When I restarted my PC, it now says it has 29.9GB. What could be the possible cause for this?

13th Gen Intel i9-13900K 3.00 GHz ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1700 EVGA FTW3 3080 5x Samsung 980 pro 2t M.2's raid-0 Intel 900p Optane 480g pcie agility 120g SSD 3x WD 2t HDD raid-0 4 sticks of G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB 32GB (16GB) 6000MT So the issue is the PC started to have the...

hello i i have lot of folders and many duplicate folders on few hard drives, i wanted to know is there any progream that can scan all hard drives at once and show me folders that have the *exact* same content inside? i want them to be marked or something so i can delete some duplicates folders...

Hello there, i just installed a new m.2c SSD (Kingston KC3000 500GB), i cloned my old ssd to the new nvme. all worked fine. then i wanted to test the speed of the new nvme with CrystalDiskMark and it only showed 3500 Mbit/s of the advertised 7000Mbit/s i already changed some settings in the...

I have been using Dropbox since my college years, and for the past 8 years i started my own company so I signed up with its unlimited storage plan. My major was movie directing and editing assistant. So more 20 years of stuffs are all in my Dropbox, about more than 100TB. This year Dropbox...

I recently bought my friend's system as he was moving abroad and I have had some concurrent issues with my motherboard. Before I switched hardware all drives worked and had 95%+ on crystalDisc. Now, my two M.2's and two SSD's work fine, but my two HDD's will not read. I have two questions...

for long term storage of large files is better ssd or hdd (internal +adapter, external, hdd notecook +adapter) ? mdisc bluray and its drive are very expensive, in moment I don't have money to buy a lot of storage media

Hi, I've got a new drive, I can either clone the drive that contains the efi system boot and recovery or i can clone the drive with the operating system, at the moment i have the windows installation cloned. When i remove the old drive that had windows and boot from the efi on the other drive...

Hey, I have a Legion Slim 5 and I’ve been waiting for sales to start so I can grab a 2TB SSD. I’m currently debating between the WD SN850X and the SK Hynix Platinum P41. They’re both in the $100 range but something I’m really looking for is a sound cloning software. I recently cloned a Sabrent...

Hi guys, I am very new to storage devices and I would like to know which SSD is better for gaming purposes only The first one I saw within my price range is a Crucial MX 500 500GB 6.35cm (2.5inch) SSD costing 3,059 INR or 36.75 USD Samsung 870 EVO 500GB 6.35cm (2.5inch) SSD (MZ-77E500) in a...

My motherboard doesn't support a m.2 ssd slot, my motherboard is a ECS H110, and I used up all the 4 sata data slots. so, does this expansion card https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B082D6RF6S/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3H89GH4UYZJ49&th=1 will work with this m.2 ssd...

My specs z97k i7-4790k rtx 2070 16gb ram corsair tx850w Before, the only SSD I had on this computer was for the boot drive, I played all the games on HDD. I have 2 HDDs on this, one for installed files another for storage. I decided to buy an SSD to improve loading times and such and to play...

I recently upgraded my motherboard & CPU with a Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X and an Intel i5-13600kf. I booted up the pc and in the bios it says that it can't detect a boot path and I've noticed in the M.2 area and options menu that nothing is being detected when it was clearly installed. I've tried...

I don't usually do this but I've been out of touch with storage and drive technologies for a little while but I'd now like to update my desktop while SSD storage is relatively cheap. I'd usually do all my own research but this time I'm short of time so looking for suggestions: I have an...

I want to purchase the Seagate 4TB Expansion portable STKM4000400 and want to use it as a backup drive. This model does not come with software according to Seagates website (2nd link below). Not sure if this is the toolkit software that some models include or not. But I see in the 1st link below...

I just upgraded my RAM with two 16 slots today and now my storage is just completely full ?

Hi guys I have a kingston 3,5 ssd, it randomly disconnects while the pc is on, the pc starts to lag but doesn t enter blue screen.If i restart it, task manager only shows up the m2, if i restart it once more it shows up like nothing happened. The weird thing is that it still shows it in Bios.I...

Heya, iam looking for a external storage for data. Mostly pictures in raw format, personal data, aso. I dont need fast ssds, or fancy stuff. Iam looking for long lifetime (the ssd wont be used much so no probs with override) Iam planning to buying 2 500gb~ (one for backup of the first) Iam...

hi, so im running a z790 DDR4 gigabyte mother board and looking at buying an M.2 ssd, my question is how can i know if my mother board supports the full speed of the ssd ? as my friend bought the crucial p5 plus which was advertised to provide up to 6600 mb/s but he was only getting 3000...

Hi All, This may be easy for all of you, but I'm stumped and couldn't find a solution elsewhere on the internet. I recently had a motherboard begin to fail (I think, still waiting on a replacement to ship) and in the process of figuring out what was wrong with my PC, I reinstalled Windows a...

:) hello, greetings.. I want to know if i can use the disc from my failed external hard disk into new one ? I have this sony 1 tb external hard disk which failed in 2021 due to some power issues i guess, it started to sound like tik-tik , no more readable or anything however some software...

Long story short: My internal WD black storage device will no longer fit. This specific device : "WD Black 2TB AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card" Can i pop it into a smaller pciex1 slot or do i need an external enclosure? I'm using this board: ASUS ROG Strix B550-A Gaming AMD AM4 Any input is...