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Questions tagged [hard-disk]

For questions about devices that use magnetic disk storage as a data storage mechanism.

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>2 TB 2.5 inch HDD

I've searched and searched and can only find one 2.5 inch HDD that is larger than 1TB (Western Digital has one model). 3.5 inch HDDs have kept growing to even 10TB, but 2.5 inch drives seem to have hit a brick wall. Are there any 2.5 inch HDDs…
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Are there any HDD whose firmware can never be updated still being sold these days?

I'm looking to build a robust system for malware research purposes and this is a requirement so I can absolutely trust that the system is clean on a reformat. Mobo firmware is locked down too of course and I already have a candidate for that but…
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Looking for a storage case for multiple hard drives

I'm looking for ideally one or a few containers that can store and reasonably protect hard drives sitting in the closet, and that would be easy to pick up and set in a car to transport if needed. I have around 10-15 older 3.5" internal hard drives…
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How significant is the difference between Western DIgital Red and Purple for CCTV footage?

I would like to have 6TB of RAID1 for CCTV footage. Instead of buying 2 6TB WD Purple drives + RAID enclosure, I was wondering if I can just get a MyBook Duo (which has 2 WD Red drives in it). Will the WD Red hard drives die significantly faster if…
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Connector for HDD

I have this HDD from an old laptop I no longer possess and I would like to retrieve the data that's on it. I was wondering what kind of connector I would need to connect it to my PC. I saw another similar here but I am not quite sure I understand…
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Is there such a thing as a hard drive with two interfaces where you can use both at once?

Is there any hard drive which can be controlled by two different interfaces at the same time? E.g. two USB ports, or one USB and one SATA, or one USB and one LAN/NAS?
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HDD Toshiba or Western digital for install PS4 games?

I will to install PS4 games in a USB 2.5 HDD. Which HDD is better: Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB or Western Digital Elements 1TB? I'm thinking in speed and durability.
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External Bootable C:\ Drive for Windows

I need to be able to test software on different Windows OS and I'm not able to use Virtual Machines. Currently, I clone drives and plug them into a SATA cable inside the PC case. The cloned drives have the Windows OS installed and I can boot to the…
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How to connect IDE HDD to motherboard with only SATA?

I have a pretty old HDD with IDE cables, and a relatively new motherboard (ASRock 970 extreme4) with only SATA inputs. Is there an adapter or device that will allow me to connect the old IDE HDD directly to the new SATA motherboard?
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I want to compare some external hard drives model and decide which to buy?

Which of these external hard drives will you choose to buy if you want a 1 TB memory regarding the fact that the price and the appearance (beauty) is not important? Silicon Power Armor A80 External Hard Drive - 1TB Silicon Power Armor A30…
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Quiet 7200rpm hard drive

I'm adding a 7200rpm 3TB data drive to my desktop. I have a long list of drives with 64MB cache and SATA-3 connectors, but what I really want to know is which will be quiet – in particular the read/write crane movement. I've had everything from…
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How to avoid SMR HDDs

I recently bought a batch of 6 "WD elements" external HDDs and quickly found out that - for three of them - the write performance was precipitously degradating. Circumstantial evidence points to shingled (SMR) technology: format followed by trim…
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Can a caddy break hard drive?

Yesterday I bought a new SSD for my old computer and decided to use the HDD as a secondary disk, after formatting the SSD and configuring programs I decided to use the old HDD once again as the primary drive without the SSD, because I couldn't find…
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2.5" USB external drive that uses regular SATA HDD

Can anyone recommend recent models of 2.5"-sized USB 3.0/USB Type C external drives with that still use a real 2.5" SATA HDD inside? Recently, a friend had their WD MyPassport 2.5" external drive crash. I was shocked to see that the HDD had the USB…
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Is there still a manufacturer building 10000rpm hard drives or higher?

I am unable to find one. And below 2TB this doesn t gives advantages over ssd in size.
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