Computer Hard Drives

Solid-state drives, or SSDs, have a significant performance advantage over traditional mechanical hard drives. SSDs are available for the PCI-Express interface, also known as PCIe, as well as the…

The Lenovo ThinkPad Z60m is a notebook computer with a 15.4-inch screen, an Intel Pentium M or Celeron M processor and an ATI or Intel graphics adapter. On its hard drive is a hidden partition…

The ASUS P5B uses the basic input/output system to control the hardware connected to the board. The motherboard manufacturer releases regular upgrades to the BIOS to improve hardware support and fix…

Owners of ThinkPad T2X series laptops, including the T20, have often reported that the battery or hard drive light blinks when the "Power" button is pressed, but the machine will not start.…

The Microsoft Windows Installer Error 1320 may occur when you attempt to install software on your computer. For example, when you attempt to install the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences…

When purchasing a new hard drive for your computer, there are multiple factors to consider including both the capacity of the hard drive and the cache size. Knowing what the cache size is and how it…

Most TriGem Averatec notebook, desktop and netbook computers have at least two universal serial bus ports to connect peripheral devices to. Almost all peripheral devices -- including mice, keyboards,…

An Ultra DMA-to-SATA converter allows you to connect a Serial ATA hard drive to a motherboard that has IDE drive connectors and only supports the older Ultra DMA transfer mode. While an Ultra…

A CGI, or Common Gateway Interface, proxy enables its users to access any website that would otherwise be inaccessible. Some websites and Youtube videos are blocked in certain countries. By using a…

If you have ever started a computer and have seen a “Primary Hard Drive Not Found” or “Primary Hard Drive Initialization Error” message, you probably know just how scary those…

The Glasklart theme is a stylish theme that will change your backgrounds, the aspect of your icons and even the choice of colors. Installing the theme using WinSCP requires access to a computer and an…

A conventional 2.5-inch notebook hard drive operates at 5400 or 7200 RPM, which refers to the rotational speed of the drive's internal platters. If all other aspects of two hard drives are equal, a…

XSN refers to a specific type of file, used exclusively with a Microsoft Office program called InfoPath. The XSN file format contains several smaller files and parts that are essential to building a…

Pre-built computers frequently contain hard drives with hidden volumes storing recovery information such as the operating system, device drivers and bundled applications. The hidden volume consumes a…

Your iPhone's contact list is an essential feature -- information such as phone numbers, addresses and birth dates is all stored in a contact's profile. If you no longer need a particular contact,…

Promethean is a manufacturer of digital, interactive boards that let you write on their surfaces using an electronic pen and transfer the writing to your computer. The devices are white in color and…

A type of protocol for connecting portable music and storage devices to your Windows system, Media Transfer Protocol also transfers content between the devices and your computer. A MTP device includes…

Adobe’s ColdFusion rapid application-development software application is designed to help users build database-oriented website applications that can be hosted by a single server. At the time of…

500GB FreeAgent external hard drives such as GoFlex are powered by USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports. However, common power problems are usually caused by issues with cables and USB connections. If the computer…

When you click on your main hard drive folder, you should see a list of basic folders including "Program Files," "Documents and Settings" and "Windows." You may wonder…

The Toshiba Satellite A135-S4487 comes with a 100GB serial advanced technology attachment drive; some models also include a secondary 120GB SATA device. Modern hard drives use one of two technologies…

Software or hardware conflicts can cause an Asus PC to freeze or crash when entering or attempting to wake from standby. Windows 7 uses power management settings that can interfere with the operation…

The "lvresize" function resizes the Linux logical volume manager for a hard disk drive. The disk management system uses a set amount of space assigned to the hard disk user, so you can store…

While most any computer hardware, including a bad hard drive, can cause a parity error, it's not the only thing that causes this error and it’s not the most typical cause. A failing or faulty…

Proprietary software originally designed by IBM, Predictive Failure Analysis provides a technician with advance warning of failures in specific computer components. Originally, PFA was used for…

The Averatec 2300 notebook, released by TriGem in 2008, features a dual-core AMD Turion processor and an NVidia GeForce Go 6100 graphics cards. TriGem positioned the 2300 as a lightweight and…

Released in 2007, the music simulation and rhythm game "Rock Band" allows you to play your favorite songs as a guitarist, bassist, drummer, or singer. For the most accurate experience, the…

If you're new to using a laptop, some of the symbols found around the keyboard and laptop might befuddle you. The symbols identify the various purposes of certain buttons, ports and plugs so you know…

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system solution that allows website owners and developers to create and edit dynamic websites from an online dashboard. The software is written in the…

The Nokia 6165 and 6165i cellular phone models contain Bluetooth wireless technology that lets you connect to earpieces and transfer data with another Bluetooth device. The phone also contains a…

During a system defragmentation, your computer's operating system organizes a hard drive's fragmented files so that they become contiguous. This means that the computer moves all of the file's…

The Patriot Box Office, also referred to as PBO, is a media player that supports a wide range of digital media, allowing you to view computer-based digital files on your home television in resolutions…

OSD, or object-based storage device, refers to the data storage structure of a computer's hard disk drive. Hard drives that include OSD support organize data logically according to the content and…

Most USB memory stick drives come preformatted by the manufacturer, so you shouldn’t need to format the device for everyday use. You might need to format the drive if you want to use it as the…

Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system and its variants use a distinctive format for navigating file directories, creating a “path” through nested subdirectories to the target file.…

The Western Digital 80GB Passport is a lightweight, portable hard drive designed for use with notebook computers -- although the drive works just fine with desktops as well. Inside the Passport is an…

A computer's hard drive is the component on which all the data is stored, including the operating system, files, music and images. There are two common types of hard drive that computers use –…

Partitioning hard drives allows users to separate different sections of a hard drive for different uses. A partition can store data separate from an operating system, in case the operating system…

One of the features of Adobe ColdFusion Builder, a program that allows you to build Web applications using the ColdFusion language, is snippets. Snippets are fragments of code that, once loaded into…

After creating a website, you might want to move it to a different server because as your site grows you might need more space and bandwidth than your original server. You can also move if you aren't…

The technology of personal computers runs on clockwork precision. Even a single problem can make your computer difficult or impossible to use. Whenever you do something to your computer that involves…

Since the mid-2000s, solid-state drives have become less expensive, competing with traditional hard disk drives for the PC data storage market. Aside from their main advantage, speed, SSDs should in…

The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 is a series of notebook and laptop personal computers that Japanese computer technology company Toshiba Corp. debuted in 2008. An entry of the company's spruced-up…

Before the release of Windows XP, Fdisk was the Windows command line utility used to partition and format a hard drive. With Windows XP and subsequent versions, Fdisk has been replaced by the Diskpart…

Western Digital hard drives make some noise when writing and reading files, but frequent clicking or clunking often indicates impending drive failure or damage to the hard drive. Determining whether…

Leaving personal files on a computer no longer in your possession is extremely dangerous as it puts both your privacy and your identity at risk. "Whitewashing," or wiping your computer clean…

DatPiff is a website which allows its users to upload and share mixtapes containing original material. A mixtape is an audio file which contains a series of songs mixed together. If you wish to…

A Windows hard drive using the native NTFS file system has a database called the “master file table” in which the names and locations of the files on the drive are stored. Each file on…

While Microsoft doesn't officially endorse "soft-modding" an Xbox, many users are willing to take the risk of modifying their console to turn the Xbox into a high-powered media server.…

The HESP133TS Portable is part of the Hitachi VisionBook laptop series. The series was introduced the late 1990s. The HESP133TS is now considered an oldie in the laptop world, featuring a 3.5-inch…