October, 2012 | DataRecoveryUnion.com

When I boot my computer up in the morning, my hard drive(Maxtor 500 GB) makes random clicks as it loads windows. I never seem to notice it making those sounds once windows is booted up or if I restart the computer after it has been running for a while.…

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Primary/Secondary IDE Master

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago02 mins

With a SATA DVD burner and 2 IDE drives, can I run primary/secondary masters? if so would it be more efficient than primary master/slave that I run now. setup: SAmsung SATA burner, WD Cavier 120gb 7200rpm (OS) Seagate Barracuda 7200(storage) Abit NF-95 MB I know that running a sata HD would be the best idea, but funds haven’t been made available for it yet. …

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New Secondary SATA Hard Drive not Recognised

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago011 mins

I have installed a second HDD in Win7 – a WD caviar green. I couldn’t see it at all but have sorted it via diskmgmt.msc and can see it there. When I go into ‘Computer’ it’s not there. I can list the directory using command prompt and can even see it if I go into start:search and usr its drive letter (R.…

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How To Format a Hard Drive?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago05 mins

I just sold my western digital caviar blue 500gb and I want to know how to clear everything off of it using the same computer its in now? Any recommended programs? Formatting a PC (really formatting a hard drive or hard disk) in a Windows environment is a pretty easy operation, while formatting at boot with a floppy or CD / DVD, is more involved.…

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WD Drives Caviar Blue vs Green vs Black

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago04 mins

A coworker asked me, and other than the cache size and power consumption, i wasn’t sure what else to answer… What is the difference between the colors of Caviar drives? I’ve been under the impression it is primarily the power consumption but I have to assume there are other things as well.…

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IDE To SATA Controller

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago01 mins

Do you know what the IDE to SATA Adapter is for a dimension 4600, or if there is one? Here is an adapter for everything lol: KINGWIN ADP-06 SATA to IDE Bridge Board (Newegg.com) Suitability: All SATA devices Interface: 7 + 15 pin SATA OS Compatibility: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista SATA to IDE Bridge Board Convert all SATA devices to IDE Support all SATA devices (H.D.D.)…

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SSD for Primary Work HDD?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago01 mins

I wanted to get another year or two out of my work laptop so I bumped the RAM to 8 GB and purchased a small (64 GB) SSD. In preparation for the install, I have been browsing the internet, reading up a bit.…

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Install OS on SSD and HDD for Storage

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago01 mins

Building a new system here. My question is simple,: I think, it’s just that I have never used Sata controllers. It’s been that long since I’ve built a system. I am using a Gigabyte X58-UD3R mobo. I have an OCZ agility 2 SSD and a Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD.…

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32MB VS 16MB Cache

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago02 mins

I’m building a new rig, and need to know if theres really any noticeable, real-world performance difference between a 500GB hard drive with 16MB cache or a 500GB drive with 32MB cache. both would be running on Sata III 6GB/S. 16MB vs.…

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Removing HDD Partition Without Reformatting

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago01 mins

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and Im gonna get an extra hard disk, question is can I delete my partition on the old hard disk without reformatting so that I can make that whole drive for programs and the new hard disk for storage?…

October 2012

HDD Makes Random Clicks When Windows is Booting

Primary/Secondary IDE Master

New Secondary SATA Hard Drive not Recognised

How To Format a Hard Drive?

WD Drives Caviar Blue vs Green vs Black

IDE To SATA Controller

SSD for Primary Work HDD?

Install OS on SSD and HDD for Storage

32MB VS 16MB Cache

Removing HDD Partition Without Reformatting