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Effect of HDD age on disk failure
I've got an old 1TB Seagate external drive I've been using to backup a laptop for years. The disk started making a periodic noise this morning approx. every second. It's softer than I'd describe as a ...
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Is there any way to transfer programs between laptops?
My old laptop that I do a lot of work on is starting to die. I have a lot of really important programs on there that would suck to lose.
Is there a way to perhaps copy these programs and allow them ...
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External USB hard drive and risk of internal condensation?
Apparently you can kill a USB hard drive by moving it from a cold to warm environment and powering it up. The killer being internal condensation.
Q1: How real is the risk? What kind of temperatures ...
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Does a Samsung G3 Station external hard drive stop working when power supply is too high? [closed]
I have a Samsung G3 Station 2TB external hard drive (link to PDF specs here). It was working perfectly when I accidentally plugged it in my notebook's power source. Now, it doesn't work even with the ...
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