Let's say I want to buy a new external hard drive. I can pick a case with a particular interface (USB2/USB3/FW400/FW800/eSATA) and a mechanism with certain performance characteristics (RPM, latency, transfer rate, etc). Is there a straightforward heuristic that will tell me "if you're using interface X, don't bother buying a mechanism faster than Y."?
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posted by adamrice
on Feb 3, 2011 -
3 answers
Is it possible to salvage a hard drive that has been through hell and back? I have a 40gig HD from a few years ago that was inside a computer tower that was ditched in the backyard for a few months, and there was stuff on it when it was pitched.
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posted by koolgiy
on Dec 11, 2010 -
17 answers
500GB internal SeaGate hard drive disappears from Windows, Linux, and the BIOS. What can I try before I pay to have the data recovered?
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posted by Avenger50
on Jul 3, 2009 -
10 answers
I'm building a new PC, and I'm eyeing a Transcend ts64gssd25s-m SSD drive to put WinXP Home on (64GB); However, since it is MLC based, I have a few questions...
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posted by Oneirokritikos
on Jan 17, 2009 -
12 answers
Mac, Leopard, La Cie external hard disk drive spins but does not mount. What's my best option for getting data off this drive?
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posted by gen
on Nov 2, 2008 -
21 answers
Great MeFites, I come bearing but a humble request. I bought a MacBook Pro about six months before Leopard was released. When it finally came out, I installed it on a partition on an external drive, which I would boot from (because OS X is awesome like that, amirite?) so I could test out all my apps. Now I'm ready to commit to Leopard full-time - what's the best way to go about transplanting my Leopard partition?
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posted by indiewizard
on Aug 18, 2008 -
6 answers
Is there a desktop search solution that will index my external hard drives? So far I have had no luck with Google Desktop search.
posted by greenknightwatch
on Aug 16, 2008 -
9 answers
Every night at 12:10AM, the brand new primary hard drive in my computer begins grinding away for a duration of 10-60 seconds. Why?
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posted by Danelope
on Jan 14, 2008 -
12 answers
Cellphone Filter: Help, getting a new phone this week! Looking for an awesome superphone.
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posted by spinko
on Jun 25, 2006 -
13 answers
Hard drive password: the Samsung laptop my wife uses suddenly started asking for HDD 0 password on bootup. Checking in the bios confirms that a password has been set on the HDD. She swears she didn't do it, and has no idea what happened. What to do?
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posted by stavrosthewonderchicken
on May 20, 2006 -
15 answers
