Hard drives, like other electronic devices, have temperature thresholds that they need to run in. Manufacturers like Western Digital or Seagate inform their customers about those thresholds. But how can the customers make sure that the temperature does not jump over those limits? And what are the possible consequences if a drive operates outside of [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

There are many ways that Windows users can manage hard disk space. You can manage your hard drives with the Windows Disk Management utility, but it is somewhat difficult to navigate. Programs like WinDirStat are great for getting a good visual scheme. Tools with visual graphing for hard disk management are ideal. Everybody has their [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A few years back, buying an external hard drive meant buying an overpriced, loud, clunky housing, and then having to spring for a hard drive separately. It was, essentially, a pain. Even carrying it around was an annoyance, to some degree. These days, things have changed. Now the purchase of an external hard drive is [...]

Categories: Hardware

Computer users should keep an eye on the health status of their hard drives regularly, to avoid hard drive crashes or data loss. Diagnostic tools like Easis Drive Check aid the user in determining a hard drive’s health. The information gained by the diagnosis can then be used to determine necessary precautions, for instance more [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows 7 has a built-in utility to create, resize, or delete hard drive partitions. No third party software utilities are required. You are able to expand or condense partitions after creating them using the inherent function rather than blowing cash on a third party utility that is simply going to perform the actions in this [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Uncategorized, Windows

Ed Bott has published a very interesting article today about the benefits of running Windows 7 on a solid state hard disk (SSD).  He wanted to test the real-world benefits, if there are any, of upgrading to an SSD on which to install your copy of Windows. I won’t repeat what the article says here, but it’s [...]

Categories: Hardware

Solid State Drives are becoming increasingly popular, with prices slowly dropping and capacities increasing. It will take another few years before these new storage devices will replace conventional hard drives on most computer systems. Still, some early adopters cannot resist the temptation and buy SSDs, despite their price tag and relatively low storage capacities. Sometimes, [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Keeping an eye on the hard drives of a computer system ensures to receive notifications about imminent drive errors or other critical events that may affect the data on those devices. Modern hard drives usually support the SMART technology, which software can use to display information about a drive’s health. Acronis Drive Monitor is a [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A friend of mine just called me the other day, telling me about a problem that he had with his Windows 7 system. He bought a new hard drive and connected it to the PC. The hard drive was detected just fine in the computer’s BIOS, but did not turn up in Windows Explorer after [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows