Questions tagged [storage]
Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, refers to computer components and recording media that retain digital data. Data storage is one of the core functions and fundamental components of computers.
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Pen Drive recognized as Cd-ROM
As I mentioned above, my pendrive is recognized as cd-rom on my Win11 OS. And since it is recognized as CD-ROM, I can't format it, can't list in diskpart, or disk management tool. Even Minitool ...
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How can Delete new windows update file that are not installed
SO I see that temp files are taking 23GB of space
but when I try to go and clean it, it doesn't delete the files,
how can I delete that 19gb update file
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How can I tell whether an HDD uses CMR or SMR?
I've recently read about conventional vs shingled magnetic recording on HDDs, and noticed that HDD models offered by the popular HDD vendors (WD, Seagate, Toshiba) don't seem to indicate whether they'...
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Video game taking up 4TB of disk space
For context, I do own a 4TB HDD but this game is stored on my 512GB SSD and was running smoothly up until recently. Now my HDD is showing as almost full even though I am still able to store large ...
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Storage space with 2 new SSD disks failure after 2 months, how to recover the data back?
I am not sure what happened but after simple reboot the P: drive was not there.
At the beginning both disk where showing OK, but with the ERROR on the pool.
I did some tests and after that one start ...
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When I use four drives, one operates very slowly
I’m experiencing unusual behavior with my system. When I attempt to write to four disks concurrently. In fact, the last disk (/dev/sdd) consistently operates at a speed ranging from 40MB/s to 5MB/s.
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Virtual Hard Disk prevent overwrite from Google Drive
Since Google Drive for Desktop in Windows doesn't support one-way sync, is there idea that I can tricky that app by revoking permission to overwrite any changes in my local directory that mounted by ...
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How do I know number of smaller files vs number of bigger files distribution for analytical purpose?
So, I want to perform an analysis to determine the best allocation unit size (cluster size) decision on HDD. As we know, HDD is slow in IOPS but not that slower for IO rate.
The default NTFS cluster ...
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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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Google chrome on Macbook
The Google chrome thumbnail on my MacBook appears with a small padlock in the left hand corner. I haven't been able to update my MacBook since MacOS 12.x.x. i kept running low on storage and when I ...
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Data Storage Volume (e.g. HDD) - physical representation, volume and file system [closed]
My primary questions are: what exactly is a volume on a byte level, as opposed to partition or file system? What does it look like in binary? Can I open an HDD (raw) and find volume data structure ...
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Is there any way to create a sequential storage space on Windows?
I want to create a storage space out of VHDX files for purposes I won't get into here, and I need Windows to write files to the VHDX files sequentially. As it stands, Windows spreads the data more or ...
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Does encrypting full drive with BitLocker secure-wipe the drive?
Say I have a storage device that I want to use with my Windows 10 machine. I have some sensitive data on the drive and I would like to wipe the drive before using it. Normally I just use dd to fill ...
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REALLOCATED SECTOR COUNT 4948. Request for advice
I felt need of testing because some of my stored games were failing to boot properly. Quick test from HD Tune Pro app displayed 3 red blocks in one of the test runs and a full test always reports 3 ...
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Moving from Netgear ReadyNAS RN104 to a different manufacturer
my Netgear ReadyNAS RN104 has died, problem with the power and/or power supply, so I want to move the 4 drives set up in RAID 5 to another NAS. I want to move to a different manufacturer so what is ...
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