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Seagate warranty replacements: not necessarily the same model by
Percival P. Cassidy
A couple of years ago I returned a failed ST32000641AS under warranty
and received in its place an ST2000DM001 (similar specs); the latter
model normally has only a 2-year warranty, but the replacement they sent
has the remainder of the original drive's 5-year warranty.
Now I have just returned...
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Seagate offers low-cost 8TB hard drives by
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
Seagate offers low-cost 8TB hard drives | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/seagate-offers-low-cost-8tb-hard-drives/
"Sold by Seagate under the "Archive Label" brand and aimed at those
looking for a cost-effective storage solution, the drive retails for
around $270, which is far more palatable...
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"Intel and Micron are going to kill the hard disk drive" by
Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Intel and Micron are going to kill the hard disk drive"
http://www.itworld.com/article/2851057/intel-and-micron-are-going-to-kill-the-hard-disk-drive.html
"That seems to be ending. Not long after Samsung announced a 3.2TB SSD drive, Intel announced its alliance with Micron Technology
will...
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Data Center Study Reveals Top 5 SMART Stats That Correlate To Drive Failures by
Ant
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/11/12/1946208/data-center-study-reveals-top-5-smart-stats-that-correlate-to-drive-failures
Interesting reads. :)
--
Quote of the Week: "... The press can hold its magnifying glass up to
our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore...
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"BIOS problem" solved by
Linea Recta[_2_]
22-9-2014 I started a thead "Subject: how can BIOS boot priority settings
change all by itself??"
Today customer had bootproblems again. Message: diskdrive failed.
Couldn't believe that because I had fitted a new drive.
I booted into the BIOS setup and was baffled when I saw the detected...
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Computer Hardware and Software by
Tecmeout Sales
Tecmeout is an innovative and fast growing value added reseller of technology products and services for businesses, government and education. Our goal is to make technology procurement simple and easy by offering the highest level of service available in the industry.
We offer the latest...
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SSD transfer speed by
Jan Stożek
Hi,
I measured transfer speed on my disk, which I use for some time
already, the result is he http://bit.ly/1uojTNe.
Interestingly, the size of the ragged part, which is about 60%
of the disk's capacity, is (almost) exactly the size of my system
disk, while the other part of the disk,...
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Universal BIOS Backup ToolKit 2.0.exe by
Linea Recta[_2_]
I have been testing the utility above for making a backup of my CMOS
settings.
I seem to have made a backup to file succesfully:
PhoenixTechnologiesLTD-M2.03A.rom
But now what can I do with it??
They seem to have forgotten to implement an option for restoring the file?
I had a look into the...
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by Paul
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SSD life self monitoring question by
Mark F[_2_]
Do any SSDs use any pages to monitor the expected life of the product.
Pages in various physical locations could be set to known values.
These pages would not be refreshed by the usual periodic rewrites
or moving.
As the device had data written to it, additional pages would start
to be used for...
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache? by
Joe[_23_]
I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS
Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur
video editing- and I do lots of web surfing.
I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a
standard hard drive...
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hard disk replacement by
Linea Recta[_2_]
I need a new cheap hard disk (not SSD) for my old desktop PC.
The broken drive was a
MAXTOR STM380211AS (80 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
on mainboard
Asus P5L-VM 1394
To be sure about compatibility I want to check the following.
Are SATA-II and SATA-III interchangeable?
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RAID disks = PITA in more ways than one by
[email protected]
I tried to install Centos 7 on an old PC that had Vista on it.
But installer did not detect any disks. Drove me mad for hours.
Eventually I found out this PC originally had RAID mirror on it.
One of the drives shat itself, so owner carried on using one disk,
just by deselecting RAID in BIOS, and...
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Portable ext. HDDs without power AC? by
Ant[_3_]
Hello.
I know some people prefer to use portable external HDDs, with their
power AC connection enclosures or adapters, for reliability and
stability. Some people prefer those tiny HDDs with only their USB
connections for both power and accessing data (easiest and lightest).
Are there any...
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New test program for Windows by
Cristiano[_2_]
I wrote a free Windows program (tested on Win7 SP1) intended to test the
speed of any storage device (HD, SSD, USB flash drives, ...).
This is an image of the main window (95,5 kB):
http://cristianopi.altervista.org/StoStaTestV100.gif
This is the link to download the program (1,8...
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how can BIOS boot priority settings change all by itself?? by
Linea Recta[_2_]
I have been installing a PC for someone, mainboard Asus P5L-VM 1394.
New hard drive
http://www.mycom.nl/opslag/interne-harde-schijf/7624/seagate-desktop-hdd-500gb-35
I installed Windows XPSP3, all hardware drivers and applications.
Problem is this: I did all settings in the BIOS, SAVED them...
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"Seagate Ships World’s First 8TB Hard Drives" by
Lynn McGuire[_2_]
"Seagate Ships World’s First 8TB Hard Drives"
http://www.seagate.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/Seagate-ships-worlds-first-8TB-hard-drives-pr-master/
Yes, seven platters. Reminds me of the old 12 inch
winchester with the removable 10? platters.
Wait, here is WD with a 10 TB drive!
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