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Laptop uses eMMC as main storage

I have an HP laptop (http://www8.hp.com/ca/en/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=1308672). I hope not mentioning it explicitly doesn't violate stackexchange's policy. It uses eMMC as the main ...
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Unique ID of storage device

I've come across license systems that are somehow tied to the storage medium. While basing this on the UUID on the filesystem is fairly straightforward, I do not believe this is the case (see below). ...
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Microdrive suddenly not showing up as storage device

I have a Hitachi Compact Flash Microdrive that my Canon EOS 20D uses to store pictures on. Up until recently, I've been able to put the microdrive in a PCMCIA reader ("PC Card Reader" as described in ...
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CompactFlash write caching

A well-known characteristic of CompactFlash cards is that they do such things as write-leveling and caching to boost performance and longevity. These characteristics make them fairly poor choices as ...
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