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Today I decided to backup two 4TB HDDs I have onto a new Seagate X10 10TB I had bought some time ago. There seems to be some interface problem in the SATA signal or power connectors, that has caused some of my HDDs to "disappear". I always check them with CrystalDiskInfo, and the HDDs always...

This a question that was discussed some time ago, but I think now come with different options. The network should run Linux, with a specific PC, where boards will be added for the network. The HDDs will be five 8TB WD WD80EFAX HDDs. It was recommended to me to run it in RAID6 I will buy a...

My Asus laptop started misreading discs some time ago, so I think it's time to change it for a new one. As I think they are all the same size, is there any particular brand or model you would recommend? I've seen mostly Toshiba and HP at Newegg.

I'm having a problem trying to do external boot on my Asus N56J, and I can't find or guess the reason why. By now I have tried all the option the Bios setup menu allows, and it always ends up in the internal SSD. Not even deleting the internal SSD in the menu allows me to boot from the...

Something has been happening to my computer with my memory, and I can't pinpoint what it is. What can take over memory and as a result slow down things? Some time ago, not on this setup, I had a program (task manager) that took over the CPU, and I could never cure the problem, in spite of a...

I wonder if someone can help me understand, if possible if it shows in Event Viewer, a problem I'm having on my laptop. This is an Asus N56J laptop, running Windows 10 Pro, probably for about 3 years or more. And it has worked flawlessly until very recently. Now what sometimes happens, and I...

I need to assemble a video server network, which will be between 15 to 20TB sized. It will be a music server too, but those files are much smaller. The alternatives I have been recommended have been a NAS with RAID 1 or 6. Opinions are welcome. Unfortunately I do not have access to low priced...

About a week ago I deleted the files inside a folder on an HDD. Immediately I stopped recording anything on it to avoid deleting information. The folder size was large, about 2TB, and there were large video files on it. Then I proceeded to try several ways to undelete the files, first with...

This is probably a common decision to be made recently, looking at the number of Newegg's reviews for these two brands, compared to others. Except for my first SSD years ago, which was a Crucial, all that followed, in different sizes, have been Samsung. But WD's 2TB is carrying a lower price...

Recently I installed Windows 10 on my main PC. I have been running Windows 10 on my laptop for several years, and I never had these issues I'm going to describe here. So I wonder what might be happening and what can be done to solve the problem. For now it has happened on some of the programs...

This is Windows 7 that we are talking about. I still use it on my main PC. That is because there are some programs I use that ran better in W7 than on W10. But in the last week or so I'm having boots on my PC for no reason at all, when the machine restarts itself. How can I identify the...

First of all I should say that my preferred navigator program is Firefox, and particularly in its Portable version. Couldn't make Chrome work for me, quite lacking in its available dictionaries, which do not include all the ones I need, and other things I didn't like in it. And the problem I...

Last week I decided that things were getting too risky to keep using Windows 7 on my desktop, as my AV program was Windows Defender and it had no more support from MS. Even if my move to Windows 10 on my laptop, from Windows 8, had been easy and problem-less, things didn't prove to be so with...

Two days ago, after living almost three years with Windows 7 in my Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7, and losing all support from MS on W7, I decided to give W10 a try. During this time I have been using Windows 10 on my Asus N56J laptop, so I could see some limitations I had by moving to W10 on some of...

Living close to the sea is not easy, and even if not as serious as it was about ten years ago, it seems to have returned. And I wonder if I can cure it and/or prevent it this time. My problem is with the USB sockets on my laptop and with some SATA sockets on my mobo. The USB one I have been...

Let's try to see if I can get some help with two problems I have had, with different SSD with Windows 7. 1) Problem 1. On one of my W7 installations, the program opens fine, but after less than a minute it turns the PC off. Can't seem to find the reason for it, as there's no alarm or warning...

Even if Windows 7 has no more support from MS, let's hope I can still get help here. Today I realized, after many years coming here to [H]ardForum with different questions and getting help, that there's no Software section to ask questions at. Is there a companion oftForum somewhere to go to...

Yesterday I could pick a reallocated sector count problem on one of my HDDs, and fortunately copy all its content to another HDD. The unit was a Seagate SkyHawk, model ST4000VX07, and unfortunately it was replaced by a similar unit. This was my most intensely used HDD, as it is where I store...

Some weeks ago I started looking for a suitable HDD to use for video editing purposes, specifically to transfer HD video tapes I had recorded years. Those tapes had been uploaded to an HDD years ago, played that HDD lots of time, and when at last decided to start editing, I discovered the HDD...

I have just installed a Viewsonic 32" 4K monitor, as old age is starting to show in spite of my glasses, and as you imagine fonts sizes got smaller. So I went into Display Settings, where you are allowed to increase text size up to 150. That works very well for the monitor resolution I was...

Today, out of nowhere, my PC starting behaving "badly", asking to be powered off. After that it refused to complete the boot cycle, or at least not in the time it should. My mobo is Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming one, with Intel i7-4790K, non overclocked. Memory is G-Skill DDR3-1600, 9-9-9-26...

Hi, Is there anyone here that can recommend the best places in Paris, price-wise, to buy a Samsung 2TB SSD? I'm going there on May 30th, and I will be traveling in Europe for a month. It's a pity that I don't have a fixed address I can use to buy from Amazon, Fr. Though I can ask the owner...

Is there a way to build a network with Windows 7 and Raspberry Pi3, by Ethernet, to assemble a video system? Until now I had been using a media player, but now it's not working anymore due to interface connection protocols. At the same time I will assemble an external server using another PC...

My question is on how possible it is to cool down a hot laptop's CPU, particularly when gaming. This was one of the problems in this Asus N56J I bought three years ago: heat dissipation. The other is a short running battery. Next time I buy a laptop, let's hope many years from now, I will look...

Recently I have been surprised with a matter I knew little or nothing about: protocol problems for sharing files. On my home network, which will soon add a separate files server, still using Windows 7 on the main computer, I stream video & audio files to another room, where the TV, projector...

Recently I have been having 18 seconds image freezings on one of my 4TB Seagate HDDs, and I wonder if it might be announcing something drastic is going to happen. As I have two similar Seagate drives, and the problem seems to be happening in just one of them, I wonder. The program I use to...

After doing some research and asking some friends, I am assembling a video & audio network to hold all my digital files. Instead of buying an expensive dedicated NAS, I will use a desktop I have that I do not use, housed on a smaller case that can hold up to six 3.5" HDDs. So my question is...

At this moment I C: run both desktop and laptop from Samsungs 1Tb SSD. But on the laptop at least I'm thinking of moving up to a 2Tb SSD. Prices are reasonable and it would allow me more free space on that disk, which now averages less than 20%. The brands and models I'm considering are the...

My demands for video cards specs are not so high. Until recently I have been using a Zotac GFX650 that served me quite. Unfortunately it died. Looking for something a little bit better, reliable and not so expensive has been a difficult task. Video cards are now more more expensive than...

My Zotac GTX650 died and I need to replace it. Don't want to spend much money either. Video boards went crazy, IMHO, and they became more expensive than good motherboards. Games on large screens are probably the reason for that, but I won't go that path. First thing I did was have a look at...

I have been having a printing problem with my HP1115, that at first happened only with Acrobat, but now is also happening with Word and graphic programs. What happens are lines where the half upper parts disappears, it's not printed. I already run HP's Scan Doctor, which checked and updated...

Yesterday I came back from a 10-day holiday, and my Zotac GTX650 is only showing a low-resolution weird screen. It's probably time to change it, but I am not sure what to get. The only thing for sure is it has to be a GeForce, because I will run Avid Media Composer using it, and Avid does not...

I'm considering increasing my Asus laptop memory from 8Gb to 16Gb, which is the maximum it will take. What I don't know is the exact memory type to look for different brands and models in Newegg. Crucial identified it as: Crucial 8GB DDR3L-1600 SODIMM Would that be enough data to pick the...

My question might be unusual for someone living in the USA, but certainly not to readers living abroad. I have a pair of G.Skill Trident X memory boards, and one is in trouble. Mine is the F3-1600C7D-16GTX type. Sending it back is no problem, but it has to go the USA... and I live in Brazil...

My wife has a Dell i11-3168-A10 notebook. As she always connects wireless to the network, we never needed a wired interface. The place we are now has a very slow wireless connection, and I just found a wired interface on the wall. But this Dell model does not have a Lan socket. So what do I...

After travelling to a nearby city, to stay probably for a few days, when I got there I realized I had forgotten my Asus laptop supply. This was the first time I forgot that, and allowed to see how essential that item was. So I´m thinking of arranging another supply that would live on my...

I asked a similar question in the Mobile section, but got no answers. As here is Power Supplies, this question is about one type. I have an Asus N56J laptop, and when I travel I would like to power it from an external battery. The external DC supply is 19.1v, but I'm not completely sure that...

Are Driver Scape drivers reliable? I need to run Windows XP on my Gigabyte Z97X, and GB does not provide any XP drivers. Driver Scape does, but I wonder if there are any security issues with them. I would prefer to run XP from a CD, but I couldn't find out how. The reason is that there's a...

There's one information I can't seem to find around on the web. Which is the minimum DCV you can or should use on an external battery supply for a laptop. That is, considering that batteries deplete and shouldn't go down below a certain level. What is the minimum voltage I can use for an...

For several days I have been gathering information on how to lower temps on my Asus N56J laptop. There are not that many options, except disassembling the whole thing, clean the fan and (most important) replace the white/silver grease joining hot parts and heatsink. To start with I wonder if...