Can I Add More Storage to a Prebuilt Computer?
If I buy a prebuilt computer, do I need to install the same brand of storage that it already uses, or can I add another type of drive?…
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Wi‑Fi Stopped Working After Disconnecting and Reconnecting My Boot Drive
I bought an NVMe SSD to replace my current hard-drive boot drive and used a cloning program to transfer my files. To test the SSD, I disconnected the…
Is this loud humming from my refurbished enterprise hard drive normal?
I recently bought a refurbished Seagate ST2000NM0055, and it frequently produces a noticeable humming sound while powered on. At first I assumed it was resonating with my computer…
Why is my 2 TB drive only showing 341 GB of used space?
I'm running out of space on my D: drive, which I mainly use for Steam games. I had already uninstalled most of my games and removed the remaining…
Why does my 2 TB drive only show about 341 GB of used space?
I'm having trouble figuring out what is consuming space on my D: drive, which I mainly use for Steam games. I had already uninstalled most of the large…
How can I reinstall Windows after switching to Linux?
I switched from Windows to Linux, but after less than a week I realized I'm not comfortable enough with it and want to return to Windows. I followed…
HDD disappeared after a BSOD and now shows a cyclic redundancy check error
My Lenovo laptop became hot while I was playing a game, then crashed with a blue-screen error and restarted. Windows still sees my SSD, but the HDD appears…
Found a 2TB SkyHawk drive in the trash—can it be repaired?
I found what I thought was a fairly new 2TB SkyHawk internal SSD and took it home because I could use the extra storage. I tested my drive…
External hard drive still appears after being unplugged
I connected a friend's external HDD to my PC and transferred some game files to it. After physically unplugging the drive, it still appears in File Explorer, and…
Why does my new PC sometimes take 15 minutes to boot and become extremely slow?
I built this fairly new PC with a 14th-generation Intel Core i7, a KLEVV M.2 SSD as the Windows boot drive, 32GB of DDR5 memory, a SanDisk SATA…
How can I keep the SSD for Windows while storing everything else on my hard drive?
I have Windows installed on an SSD, but I want to use the SSD mainly for the operating system and keep programs, downloads, photos, and other files on…
How can I keep my SSD mostly for Windows while storing other files on my hard drive?
I have Windows installed on an SSD, but I want the SSD used mainly for the operating system and keep downloads, documents, photos, applications, and other data on…
What are my options for recovering data from a possibly failed 8TB hard drive?
I have an 8TB hard drive that appears to have suffered a mechanical failure, possibly involving the actuator arm. I do not have backups of the data, so…
Is an External Hard Drive Suitable for Daily Access to Art Projects?
I'm nearly out of storage on my custom-built PC and am considering a 5TB external drive for files I access every day. I'm a semi-professional digital artist, so…
Should I Upgrade the Hard Drive or RAM First in My Old HP Laptop?
I have a roughly 10-year-old HP Pavilion laptop running Ubuntu. It was also slow and unstable under Windows, and applications such as Firefox, Inkscape, and the software updater…
Why Is My Hard Drive Constantly at 100% Usage, and Would an SSD Fix It?
My computer was built in 2019 and still uses a traditional hard drive rather than an SSD. Applications open fairly quickly, but they frequently freeze until I have…
Should I Upgrade the RAM or Replace the Hard Drive First?
I'm using a roughly 10-year-old HP Pavilion laptop running Ubuntu. It was also slow under Windows, and applications such as Firefox, Inkscape, and the software updater frequently crash.…
Should I Replace My Failing 500GB HDD With an SSD for Gaming?
I'm saving for a Ryzen 5 5500 to improve the bottleneck between my Ryzen 3 3200G and RX 5500 XT, but I also need more reliable storage. My…
HP Laptop Says “Boot Device Not Found” Even Though Drive Diagnostics Pass
I have a Windows HP laptop that was working normally when I left for college. When I came back, it displayed a message saying that no operating system…
My Mint hard drive is developing bad sectors—can I still use it?
This hard drive used to work normally, but it has recently started accumulating more bad sectors. Its performance is also noticeably worse than the same system running from…