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Hard Disk Drives: Still Thriving in the Digital Age
Despite some analysts' predictions that hard disk drives will soon fall into oblivion, losing their place under the sun to SSDs, the reality may be different. SSDs and HDDs are likely to sell well over the next few years. The fact is that companies t...
Jacob Enderson · 24 August 2023 · 48
Best Disk Clone Software for Windows PC: Transfer OS and Data
It’s becoming more and more popular for computer users to transfer data from one hard drive to another. They do so when they want to upgrade a smaller drive to a larger drive or replace an HDD with an SSD. Speaking of transferring data, you ma...
Alex · 27 September 2022 · 199
How Much Space Do You REALLY Have?
How many gigabytes does your hard drive or SSD hold? Are you sure about that? We've already discussed how over provisioning and file system overhead often mean that the usable capacity of your drives is less than what's advertised. But it turns out...
Jacob Enderson · 20 January 2021 · 52
Serious Laptop Testing + NAS + Network Upgrades!
I’m making some big changes to my home network and NAS setup which should save me a lot of time when testing laptops. Synology sent over the 6 bay DS1621xs+ NAS, and I’ll be using 4 16TB Seagate NAS drives for it in RAID 6. My older NAS w...
JT · 07 January 2021 · 64
How do you recover data from failed storage?
Picture this, you're firing up your PC for another day of hard work, or slacking off at work, and nothing happens. I mean, the computer turns on, but instead of getting to the operating system, you get some kind of recurring error message about your...
Alex · 09 June 2020 · 70 · 3
Are Hard Drives DISAPPEARING?
It's no secret that SSD's are slowly, but surely displacing hard drives in consumer PC and why not? They're faster, smaller lighter and less prone to failure when they're being thrown around. The only obstacle has been the price and even that is beco...
Alex · 22 May 2020 · 184
A Guide To Recover Data From Broken RAID Array
What is RAID? RAID, which stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a technology used in computer storage to enhance data protection, availability, and performance. RAID uses a combination of multiple hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state...
Alex · 27 January · 7