October, 2012 | DataRecoveryUnion.com

I am going to be housing large data sets on an external hard drive. From it I will be doing a lot of reading/writing as I process data from my laptop via a USB 3.0 port. what should I get to make this run fast when using it.…

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Disk Read Error: Press Alt Ctrl Del to Restart

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago03 mins

I’ve been trying to fix my brother’s computer for several months now. This problem comes and goes as it pleases. Right when we think it’s fixed, it comes right back. At first the computer was freezing and locking up and becoming completely unresponsive, then when restarted would pop up with an error message before the loading screen saying “A Disk Read Error Has Occured Press alt, ctrl, del to restart“.…

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120G SATA III SSD or 1TB WD SATA III Caviar Black HDD

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago04 mins

Since I now am returning my 1tb SATA III Seagate Barracuda I am stuck in a dilemma. I’m trying to decide between A. OCZ Vertex 3 or going with 1tb WD Caviar Black. My pc will mainly be used to game with the possibility of overclocking.…

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SATA Hard Drive Detected As IDE

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago01 mins

Hello, I have a problem with my Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3.0 hard drive. When i Run Speccy it detects my hard drive as an IDE.. and because of this the S.M.A.R.T. Function is not detected but when i go through my Bios setup, it says [Enabled]..…

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ADATA or Toshiba External Hard Drives?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago02 mins

Should i buy a 500GB external hard drive from ADATA or from Toshiba? Which brand is more reliable? The ADATA is USB 3, so will it work for my USB 2 ports? Adata ANH13-500GU3-CBK 2.5 inch 500 GB External Hard Disk Brand: Adata Capacity: 500 GB Connectivity: USB 3.0 (Backward compatible with USB 2.0) Dimensions: 16 x 77.8 x 118.8 mm Features: Stylish design with brushed aluminum surface.…

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Hard Drive Not Recognized

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago01 mins

I’m converting an old PC(old Gateway about 10 or 11 years old) to a network storage device. It has an IDE motherboard and will not recognize the new SATA hard drive I’m trying to install using a converter. What changes need to be made in the BIOS?…

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IDE Cables Bad?

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago3 years ago01 mins

I have a ton of IDE cables and I can not get ANY drive set as slave to work on them except for 1! Are they ALL bad? I mean really! Some are the standard 18 in flat IDE cables. Some are 24in flat cables.…

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Fix Hard Drive PCB Board

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago6 years ago03 mins

1. I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 hard drive that I am trying to recover the files from. When the drive is connected, it’s beeping with loud noise. Also, I don’t see any activity in the computer when it’s connected.…

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How To Boot From SSD Without Removing Old HDD

DATARECOVERYUNION.COM12 years ago11 years ago03 mins

I have a XPS 17 laptop and I installed a SSD and cloned my HDD to it. I can’t take my old HDD out since the laptop isn’t easy to disassemble. I tried going into the BIOS but it’s not letting me change the boot order for the drives.…

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80GB Hard Disk Shows Only 75GB Useable Capacity