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Recommend HDD Testing software please
I have an older machine that I need to replace the SATA HDDs in. It's a Windows 7 installation and the drives will be Western Digital. Can you recommend software to test the new drives before I make them permanent? -
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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... -
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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...- STZ
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- hdd virus Western Digital
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[SOLVED] HDD WESTERN DIGITAL WD60EFZX RED PLUS NAS 6TB 3.5'' SATA3 CMR?
hi guys im , im not very well versed with the hard drives.. so i wanna ask if the HDD WESTERN DIGITAL WD60EFZX RED PLUS NAS 6TB 3.5'' SATA3 is a CMR drive ? (the 128mb Cashe version) and i want to use him for normal desktop use as a storage drive (videos, movies, games ,work files etc)... is...- darkking791
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- 6 tb cmr storage Western Digital
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Question Advice on SATA HDD to USB adaptor
Hi, I’m currently using a notebook, but there are a few files on my previous computer’s HDD that I need. I have searched countless sites, and either they don’t have one (not even Curry’s PC World to my shock), or I’m just not sure if it’s right for my HDD. I have a Western Digital Black Sata...- Josiah_2854
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- adaptor help hard drive hdd SATA usb Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Cannot get Windows or BIOS to recognize my new WD Blue PCI-E NVMe SSD
I bought a 1TB WD Blue PCI-E NVMe SSD (WDS100T3B0C) for my MSI B450-A Pro motherboard. I checked the MSI website and this SSD is compatible with my mobo so that is not the issue. I also used some canned air to clean out the slot prior to installing it to ensure I properly inserted the NVMe... -
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Question Dead PCB?
Hi, I have a WD120EMFZ that was perfectly working, and suddenly doesn't start. It doesn't make any sound, click or anything, and of course is not recognized by the system. Reading the forum it seems that If i'm lucky enough could be "only" PCB problem. The PCB part number is 006-0B40385... -
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Question Which hdd I should go for?
Hi. I have a 1tb samsung ssd and I'm running out of storage. I only need a drive to run single player games on it. I don't care about loading time though I do care if it's gonna continuesly load mid game and cause stutters. I can't afford a WD black (They're currently hard to find in my country...- shayan2365
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- hdd seagate Western Digital
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Question How reliable is "WD Dashboard"?
I regularly using this program because of speed and because is vendor specific software. How the "Extended S.M.A.R.T Test" is comparing to default surface scan or chkdsk? -
Question M2 NVE with PCIE adapter not showing up!
So here's the deal I have a Corsair MP510 (250 G) where I installed Windows (my MB is an aorus B450M), and I bought a WD Black SN770 (1 T), but since i have no more M2 bays in my MB I had yo buy a PCIE (4x) adapter for my NVME. The idea was to install the booting SSD on the adapter and the... -
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Question Which SSD Should be better for my old Gaming PC?
My PC Config is: Mother board: Asus H81M-E (Sadly one Ram slot is not working but still works) Intel i5 4590 3.30Ghz MSI GTX 970 8GB RAM DDR3 HDD: Disk 1 : 1 TB Western Digital Disk 2 : 3 TB Western Digital I want to buy a SATA III SSD for PC. Which Brand SSD (Samsung/ Transend/Kingston/Western...- SUDEEP SARKER goku
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- budget gaming kingstone old pc ramsta Samsung SATA III ssd Trancend Western Digital windows 11
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Question HDD still won't show after connecting to two different HDD enclosures
I tried connecting my WD Blue 1TB HDD 3.5 inch hard drive to two different enclosures and it still won't show up on my PC. It doesn't show anywhere, whether it's in the My PC file, in disk management or in device manager. However I did notice that in ''other devices'' it shows Raid controller... -
[SOLVED] Probably sata connectors done, serching for some solution
Hi, This is a complex question so I ve choose this brech(system) cause is not only mobo or ssd the problem and I m seraching for a solution, so if the brench is wrong I ask the mods to change it pls. Now the thing, As another question done not a lot time ago, I have a wd blue 500GB ssd that is... -
[SOLVED] Strange SSD dynamics ?
Hi, I' m a bit confused about 2 ssd that I use. 1, the wd blue(I will call like this) of arround 500GB do not reach the speed it shuld but that is probably because on a old pc with an old sata port, the max speed I ve ever seen was 150MB/s, but the strange thing is not this but that while... -
[SOLVED] Slow PC pls help
Hi, My dad pc is old and is slow, the pc specs are: MOBO asus p5g41tm lx(lga775) CPU intel 2quad q9800 @3ghz RAM 8GB (4x2 ddr3) SSD wd blue 500GB(idk the exact model) GPU nvidia 750ti palit mini PSU only God know what it is(techsolo gt730 maybe) Windows 10 (home or pro, don t remember) the... -
[SOLVED] Spatium M480 1TB and WD-2TB
So I recently bought an SSD and a hard drive for my gaming PC. 1.I plug my hard drive into PC and go to look for on under drives but PC doesn’t even recognize that it’s in I’ve rescanned for devices and also unplugged and replugged for different cables that fit, PC doesn’t recognize it. 2...- SheeshReese
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- gigabayte iBUYPOWER pc spatium ssd stoarge Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Which hard drive is better?
I was looking at these 2 hard drives, but not sure which is better. I only planning to install 2 games on it, one of which is 100gb. TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan G 512GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (R/W Speed up to 550/500 MB/s) T253TG512G3C301...- xxthomas94
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- gaming storage TeamGroup Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Hard drive is write protected
Description of problem: So I had a WD10JPVX hard drive in my laptop. I, yesterday, switched it out a SATA SSD and decided to make use of this hard drive as an external storage.I connected a SATA connector and tried to format it but it didn't work. So I went about searching on the internet and I... -
[SOLVED] Changing HDD for SSD with new OS, what does it happen to the old one?
Hello, I'm upgrading an old desktop computer (i3-4170, 8gb of ram and asus h81m-a) with W10 . I bought a new WD 240gb ssd and I'm gonna install W10 on it. But I'm gonna keep using my old WD 1tb HDD for general storage usage. The thing is that HDD has W7 installed on it. Once I have the new os... -
Question Western Digital DashBoard Tool
Hello, I have a new WD Elements portable HDD and I'd like to be able to access do a diagnostic tool to fix eventual future issues. There is the WS Dashport tool, but it's only for Windows and I own an iMac. If I formatted my disk on ExFAT would I be able to access the dashboard from my Windows... -
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[SOLVED] New Hard Drive has manufactured date 2.5 years ago, is that bad?
I bought a WD 6tb hardrive and it arrived today, it's WD60EZRZ. The manufactured date is 28th may 2019, is this normal? I was sold this new from WD website. Wondering if it's fine to use. -
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[SOLVED] Western Digital: Black or Ultrastar?
I'm looking to replace my Toshiba 8TB large storage drive. It contains media & backup files, no programs. I see that WD's Ultrastar is better priced than the Black. I have to assume it's built for better longevity, possibly lower performance even though it's still 7200RPM. I know it's WD now...- Landstander
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- Hitachi Ultrastar WD Black Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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Question Asus TUF fx504 Ssd upgrade
Hey guys I want to upgrade my Asus memory by putting a 'Western Digital SSD 500gb M. 2 2280 NVMe PCIEx' together with the 'Sata HDD 2,5 1TB' thats already in the notebook, anyone knows if its compatible? This is the product...- stefanoarnello
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- asus asus tuf fx504 ssd Western Digital
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- Forum: Memory
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[SOLVED] Trouble booting with WD 2.5" External Harddrive
Hi. I am having trouble with my WD external hard drive. Whenever I used to plug it in, it would boot up just fine, and I could access its contents on Windows. However, now the only response I see is that I plug it in and my computer slows down to a halt for about 2.5 hours and in that time any...- Delroy Thompson
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- boot binary corrupt boot sector harddisk harddrive Tb Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Is My Hard Drive Still Healthy?
Hi all! I have a pretty old Western Digital 2TB HDD (WD20EARX). I bought it in 2011, so it's now 11 years old. Hard Disk Sentinel shows its health is somehow still at 100%, despite it being used so much, for so long. For comparison, my main system SSD, which has a power on time of 16x less...- thegreatestusername
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- 2TB Hard Disk Sentinel Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Raid 1 for video file storage
Hello everyone, I am making videos for youtube. I record games, upload them to youtube and store them on my hard drive. Youtube keeps the videos, but I feel safer if I still have the videos in case youtube would delete my videos ir was shut down or we are in a war and there is no more internet...- Staybegind
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- 1tb 8TB back up drive hard hard drive raid Safe storage wd purple western Western Digital
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[SOLVED] New WD HDD can only run 1 process at a time without freezing up?
hi! a couple weeks back i bought a new HDD since my old one started to make weird noises and i wanted to be safe. It's a WD Blue, 2 TB, this one (newegg link). it's intended purpose is to store steam (and other) games, but also some regular files. a problem i've noticed that i didn't have with... -
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[SOLVED] WD SN750 1TB with Heatsink size fit???
Hello everyone I finally decided to get a m.2 ssd for my 5 yrs old PC and I decided on WD SN750 with Heatsink but I don't know if that chunky heatsink will fit or not. My mobo is Asus Z170 Pro gaming. I've attached two images, I'm concerned with that component in first one. View...- mahdiharaji
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- nvme nvme 3 ssd Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] NVMe SSD not being detected by BIOS
I just got a new NVMe SSD ( Western Digital 1TB WD Green SN350 - WDS100T3G0C ) for my pc and is not showing up in the BIOS and Windows. I haven't had issues adding drives in the past and this my first time adding an m.2 SSD and I'm not sure what to do. I have tried changing settings in the BIOS... -
[SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?
Hello, I have 2 of these WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive. I purchased both of them a long time ago and they are working fine. I connected them using the regular USB 3.0 cable that comes with it without any issues. But now I'm trying to connect them directly to my motherboard instead...- blackhawk.1542
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- WD Green Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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Question SSD NVMe WD BLUE SN550 - disappearing
Hi, Straight to the point - my NVMe SSD is constantly disappearing from both BIOS and windows (actually it causes lack of windows as I have it on this SSD). I have impression I've went through every thread here and on every other forum to resolve this problem, but nothing helps. My mother... -
[SOLVED] WD ELEMENTS - Critical Error
Good day to all!! Device: WD ELEMENTS - WDBU6Y0020BBK History: I was making a backup of a work notebook. No previous problems, no warnings. I can remember releasing safely the device but at one point the disk got pulled by a mistake by its cable and it ended up at 45º. The disk didn't do any... -
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[SOLVED] I can't seem to format my 16TB HDD?
I bought 4x Western Digital Elements Desktop 16TB Hub Drives ( WDBWLG0160HBK-EESN ) I removed the HDDs from the hub and I've added them to my 4x HP Blade Servers (1 drive in each server). I went into the boot setup (F10 - Intelligent Provisioning) and configured them as a RAID 0. I then booted... -
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Question Computer randomly beeing slower than usual, especially just after boot
Hi, I have 3 disks in my system, the main one is a Kingston A400 480GB and the other 2 are Western Digital 2TB (yes I know, they're at 5400rpm so they're slow but I put them in raid 0 and it was fine before the beginning of this week). I tried running some benchmarks and those are the results I... -
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[SOLVED] WD Blue 4TB EZAZ vs EZRZ?
Hi guys, I need some serious help for this please: Today I bought myself a WD Blue 4TB HDD (Brand New), When i back to home and checked the HDD specs written on it, I got shocked to see its "EZAZ" version, I have no idea about this "EZAZ", all I know that the WD Blue 4TB has only 1 version...- hamada.hosny93
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- Western Digital western digital 4tb Western Digital Blue
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- Forum: Storage
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[SOLVED] Looking for a good, reliable desktop backup drive- and it seems impossible
Hi everyone, As the title says I've been looking for a reliable desktop backup drive. I don't need much, 3-4 TB. I tried the new Seagate Backup Hub once and it was failing from the start- Then I noticed the reviews. On all of them. This is a bit worrisome, since based on reviews there don't... -
[SOLVED] Which SSD would you choose?
Hi there, I'm going to get a fast and durable SSD. Propose would be running OS and a couple of games. Ignoring the price, If you were going to choose from this list, which one would you go for and why? Crucial BX500 120GB Silicon Power Ace A55 (or S55) 120/128 GB PNY CS900 120GB... -
Question Inaccessible external hard drive
Hello, a friend of mine handed me the following external hard drive: WD Elements Portable WDBUZG7500ABK - hard drive - 750 GB - USB 3.0 Specs She had connected the hard drive to her phone and apparently the phone formatted the drive with android file system. She asked for data recovery from a... -
[SOLVED] WD Black 6TB HD Clicking like a clock?
I have a WD black as my Backup/Storage drive for pictures & extra games or files in my system.. It works fine other then trhe fact is that it has a continues click every socond or so.. I don't know if its the cache from a program, I can't figure out why.. Its just annoying & I'm kinda worried... -
[SOLVED] Drive showing as Unallocated
Hello, I have a 2TB WD Green internal hard drive for PC. All of a sudden, when I boot up the PC in the morning, there was no partition in the windows explorer. I checked in the storage in Device manager and found that the disk was showing as Unallocated space - not initialized. When I tried to...- ajsolutions777
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- 2TB Recover storage Western Digital
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- Forum: Storage
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