Drive letter missing in Windows File Explorer

On rare occasions, you may find that the Drive letter is missing from File Explorer following the installation of an Update . If you have experienced this issue, here’s a way to get past the problem. A drive letter represents […]

How to tell if the Hard Drive is SSD or HDD in Windows 10

You may have recently bought a hard drive, but then you are not confused if the hard drive is SSD or HDD. While the later is known for its longevity, SSDs are known for its speed. On a Windows Computer, […]

Windows was unable to repair the drive – USB, SD Card or Hard Disk

If you connect a USB, SD Card or Hard Disk to your Windows 10 PC and you see, and error box – Windows was unable to repair the drive, then it means that the file system on the drive has […]

How to format a drive in exFAT so it works on both Windows and Mac

There are many file formats that Windows 10 can read and exFat is one of them. So if you are wondering if Windows 10 can read exFAT, the answer is Yes! But why does it matter? The point is that […]

How to mirror Boot Hard Drive for UEFI on Windows 10

This guide walks you through steps which will help you mirror Boot Hard drive on Windows (Legacy or UEFI). It is useful when the primary hard drive fails and will help you boot from the secondary drive. Just before we […]

Hard Drive keeps filling up by itself automatically for no reason on Windows 10

There might be certain times when a logical partition of your hard disk could start filling up and running out of space rapidly. There can be a number of reasons for this. However, there is no particular reason for this […]

Check Hard Drive for bad sectors with Hard Disk Validator

Your hard disk drive will not last forever, and this is truer if your computer is used on a regular basis. One day you’ll fire up your PC and find that things are not running as they should, and then […]

External Hard Drive not showing up or detected in Windows

Sometimes our PC fails or just refuses to recognize the External Hard Drive even after confirming the successful connection. The problem occurs mostly when the device driver is either corrupted or outdated. Such problems can be quite tricky to fix. […]

File record segment is unreadable Disk error in Windows 10

There could be nothing worse than a failing hard disk with the risk of losing all your crucial data in one go. While in many cases, it might not carry a warning, some users have reported getting errors which help […]

How to create Mirrored Volume for Instant Hard Drive Backup in Windows 10

In an Enterprise environment, hard drive failure can affect several users simultaneously who are trying to access their files on the drive and this can be a big blow for the entire stream of operation that is supposed to run uninterrupted in […]

Windows 10 does not recognize second Hard Drive

Earlier one Hard Drive would be good enough to store your data, files, songs, videos, etc. – but now with the increase in downloading activity and the tendency to save photographs and home videos on your Windows computer, Hard Disk […]

How to combine two Hard Drives into one on Windows PC

In earlier days, having 512GB of internal storage was more than enough to store document, music, video, etc. However, now even 2TB of internal storage becomes insufficient for some people, who work as say a video editor and need to […]

Do you really need an SSD or Solid State Drive?

The SSD or Solid State Drive isn’t exactly a new term. SSDs have been on the market for quite a few years now, but not a lot of people know what they do. Essentially, SSDs are an upgrade over the […]

What are 4K sector hard drives? What is Windows Support Policy?

As technology advances, we’ll soon see more 4K sector hard drives in the future. The data storage industry will be transitioning the physical format of hard disk drives from 512-byte sectors to 4,096-byte sectors – commonly called as 4K or […]

Hybrid Drive vs SSD vs HDD: A comparison

With Flash storage devices picking up, you would want to know which type of storage device to buy for yourself. Solid State Disk or SSDs are faster than conventional Hard Disk Drives or HDDs, but a lot costly. There is […]

What is a Hybrid Drive? Are they better than HDD, SSD?

This post talks about Hybrid Hard Drives, how they work and what are the benefits, their features to see if you would want one. Now we know that a cache in a system is generally placed between RAM and CPU […]

DBAN lets you securely wipe your Hard Drive

DBAN, or Darik’s Boot and Nuke is a utility that lets you wipe your hard drive. If you are planning to sell dispose off your old computer, or just the hard-drive, it is in your best interest that you get all […]

HDD Expert: Freeware to check your Hard Drive’s Health

Hard Drive failure is probably the most catastrophic issue for any computer user. The hard disk drive, most commonly termed as the hard drive or hard disk is the basic component of a computer used for digital storage. The proper […]

How to speed up SATA hard drives in Windows 7

SATA is the abbreviated form of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. The current standard technology for connecting a hard drive or SSD to the rest of the computer. SATA is a single cable with a minimum of four wires that helps […]

USB 3.0 External Hard Drive not recognized in Windows 10/8.1

Many Windows users have run into this problem. After connecting an external hard drive to a USB 3 Port, they have found that the computer does not read it. The drive is not recognized by the OS and is no […]

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