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Question Should I Trust This Hard Drive?

Thanks Mikey! I am curious what software you would use? But I have decided to retire this drive, and maintain it as a last-ditch copy of all my data on this date. I busted out a new WD Red which got shining A's in all categories for the same report. Interesting experience (off-topic): I set up...
- Captain Brock
- Post #3
- Mar 11, 2022
- Forum: Memory and Storage
Question Should I Trust This Hard Drive?

I ran "HDDScan V1.4" on a hard drive that is used strictly for data storage. The drive is a 2TB Hitachi which has been little used (mostly unpowered) during seven years. HDDScan is giving me some error warnings (see attachment.) I also do not understand the green categories; are any of these...
- Captain Brock
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- Mar 7, 2022
- hard disk drive
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Memory and Storage
NVMe OS and Data Drive

Ah! But his is a SILENT PC, no moving parts allowed. Data consists of personal files (1.65 GB, 4100 files, 419 folders), pictures (~30 GB), and music (.wav managed at ~50 GB on the SSDs). Now in fact there are two HDDs but they are only switched on every week or two for periodic backups. The...
- Captain Brock
- Post #4
- May 11, 2017
- Forum: Motherboards
NVMe OS and Data Drive

Greetings! I have installed Windows 7 on a GigaByte Z270 board with a 960 EVO NVMe drive (no mean feat). The OS is on a 100GB partition, with a second partition of 130GB. My question is: Shall I use that second partition on the same drive for my data drive? Or should I use a completely separate...
- Captain Brock
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- May 9, 2017
- boot drive data drive nvme windows 7 z270
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards

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