SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is the latest iteration of common bus interfaces for connecting mass storage devices, the previous technology being PATA (parallel ATA, commonly known as the Western Digital proprietary name IDE or Integrated Drive Electronics). There are currently three ...
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Computer won't start when connecting SATA HDD
I just bough a new HDD some time ago and recently i bought another SATA cable to have both HDDs connected at the same time, to transfer all the files from the older one to the newer.
When i connected ...
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Windows 7 64 bits taking hours to load. Even the bootable Windows CD is behaving on the same way
I bought a wd5000aakx hard drive. It is one of that models that came with Advanced Format Drive.
I did a clean install of Windows 7. Everything was working fine, and loading fast.
But one time, after ...
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What's the difference between the Adaptec Hybrid RAID and MaxCache Using SSDs?
From this line of controllers
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/
Explained further here
http://www.adaptec.com/nr/pdfs/product_overview.pdf
My interpretation is as ...
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Which drive should i install the host operating system on Dell PowerEdge 2950
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 and there are 3 SATA 7200 drives (2 x 1TB, 1 x 300GB) and one SAS 15k drive (1 x 300GB).
I want to install Ubuntu as the host OS with several guest OSes.
Should I ...
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Does a SATA III controller for PCI-e 1.0 (x16) exist?
I'm trying to hunt around for a solution to a disk issue I have with my home server. Basically, I started to use it to stream video (going from a virtual host, it now does alot more). I see alot of ...
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Computer won't boot with any other hard drive but the one it currently has
Some background
The PC in question is a P4, custom built with an Intel D945PVS motherboard.
I built it back in 2006 and its hard drive died once, and I replaced it with another hard drive of the ...
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quick check: are ssd sata II/III hard drives compatible with a sata 6 Gb/s motherboard? [closed]
I'm purchasing this motherboard and just want to make sure if I purchase a ssd sata II or sata III hard drive, it'll all work out. Thanks!
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Windows 7 computer: Can I exchange the SATA cables of two drives without needing to re-install Windows?
Windows 7 computer: Can I exchange the SATA cables of two drives without needing to re-install Windows? this computer only runs windows 7.
what's happening is that i have some backup software that ...
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How to plug-in this hard drive?
I need to install this hard drive "WD800JD-60JRC0". It is Serial ATA. But what really confuses me is that it has molex connector. I think I can plug what I want: SATA power cable or Molex. But which ...
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Is SATA 6GB/s Supported on Mid-2010 MBP?
I am planning on buying the http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-vertex-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html (240gb) and I just wanted to check that I could achieve the maximum read/write speeds of the SATA 3. To be ...
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Cannot get Sata 6gbs: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN 3, OCZ Agility 3 60g in Raid 0
Setup:
2x OCZ Agility 3 60gigs (2.15 fw) - On the 2 new sata cables that came with my new mobo connected to the two sata6 ports and verified in bios
ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN 3 (latest/only bios)
Bios ...
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How to interpret Sandra's results to determine if my motherboard supports SATA 3?
I ran SiSoftware's Sandra which gave me the following data:
How can I interpret if this computer (HP Pavilion dv6-6b50ep Entertainment Notebook PC) supports SATA 3?
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ICH9 chipset weirdness: Computer hangs when AHCI mode selected
I can’t get AHCI mode to work on a Dell Optiplex 755. I’ve installed the drivers, but when rebooted in „RAID Autodetect/AHCI” mode, the system hangs. No Windows logo, no BSOD, nothing. Only a blinking ...
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SATA connector position on a hard disk
I have a external SATA drive enclosure that connects via USB to a PC/Mac and it accepts a bare SATA drive being slotted directly into the enclosure, much like a hot swappable disk you would find in a ...
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Adding more drives to motherboard with two SATA slots only?
Hardware n00b, building a freeNAS 8 box.
Motherboard has 2 SATA slots:
http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=309&proname=M26GT3-SVP
All 3 PCI slots are empty.
I have 3 more ...
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Optiplex can't find SATA III Controller
I just purchased a HighPoint Rocket 620 Storage controller- Serial ATA-600- 600 MBps (OEM version) and a OWC SSD:
For some reason, my Dell Optiplex 755 bios sees this card as a storage device ...
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Upgrading from SATA 1 to SATA 3
My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 and it has 4x SATA 2 ports. I have SATA 1 disk installed and it's slowing my system, I think it is because of its 8mb buffer. I want to upgrade or should I say ...
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Trying to install OS to new computer; Won't detect HDD
Mobo: Biostar th67+
CPU: i3 2100
GPU: Radeon 6850 (using integrated right now)
PSU: Antec 400 Watts
HDD: 80gb Deskstar IDE + external Seagate
I am trying to install Windows 7. My problem is that ...
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Trying to install OS to new computer; Won't detect HDD
Mobo: Biostar th67+
CPU: i3 2100
GPU: AMD 6850 (using integrated right now)
PSU: Antec 400 Watts
HDD: 80gb Deskstar IDE + external seagate
I am trying to install Windows 7. My problem is that it ...
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SATA III 6Gb/s, is that 6gbit/sec per device, or for the entire controller?
If I have (12) SSD drives in a RAID6, will the max connection speed of each drive be 6Gbps, or is that for the entire controller?
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How do I find out if an SSD is too fast for my laptop's SATA controller? [closed]
I have a Dell Latitude E5500 laptop, and I'd like to upgrade it to an SSD drive (120GB probably). I'm not sure what kind of SATA controller it has, and I'm not sure how to check honestly.
How do I ...
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Seagate barracuda sata3 at 6GBS on ASUS with SATA 3.0 Gb/s port
I have read that I can connext 6Gb/s SATA hard drive with 3Gb/s SATA port. But for this configurations it seems that is not working:
Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3 B3
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500 GB SATA3 ...
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does Asus P8P67 v3.1 support hot swappable SATA disks?
I have a corsair obsidian 650d case which supports the connection of SATA disks from outside of the case.
Is it safe to connect or disconenct the disk when computer is running?
I know some ...
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What would work faster: One PCI-E based super fast SSD 120GB or 4 SATA 2 SSD's 60GB inside some RAID?
I want to change my current RAID (HDD based 4 sata 2 120GB) on which my OS (Windows 7) is installed to some more fancy fast and modern SSD based. I have 2 options - 4 OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G or one 120 GB ...
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How does one troubleshoot Windows hanging copying large files from external HDDs?
When I copy large file (for example over 4GB) from external WD MyBook USB 3.0 HDD to internal SATA2 HDD all of Windows just freezes. Copying files of any size on internal HDD is fine.
Today I copied ...
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SSD OCZ Agility 3 Series 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s interface
I have never owned an SSD and am considering getting the above for Christmas, I can see a mixture of reviews good and bad but frankly I haven't got a clue what to get if I don't get a SSD.
And so to ...
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ATA controller on SATA hard disk
I have a small ATA disk, a big SATA disk, and an old computer that supports only ATA. Can I unscrew the ATA controller from the disk and attach it to the other disk?
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Windows 7 - BSOD STOP 0x000000F4
I have searched pretty extensively for a solution to this issue without resolve, so I was hoping that someone here could help me.
Problem:
After having used my new PC since May of this year, I ...
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Hot glue and Hard drives
I recently bought a 2.5" internal HHD for my desktop computer. During the install I broke the plastic part off the SATA connecter port leaving only the bare pins. For an illustration see below (not ...
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SATA DVD drive doesn't work
I built a computer about 3 years ago and seldom needed the dvd drive to work but when I did it was a pain to get it running.
I have a SATA HDD and a SATA dvd drive which seemed to me to be part of ...
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Can I connect a SATA 3 cable to a SATA 2 connector, and through some hacks, receive SATA 3 performance?
I was looking around for an SSD. I found some SATA 3 drives, at the same price as SATA 2 drives. My motherboard however, can't handle SATA 3. Is there any way I can connect SATA 3 drive and get full ...
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MacBook Pro: More Than One SSD in Optical Drive Bay?
Would it be possible to slot more than one drive into a MacBook Pro's optical drive bay?
Obviously, no such product yet exists. (Would love to know if I'm wrong!) But when looking at ...
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Putting a hard disk in disk drive slot
I have an Intel D845GVSR motherboard:
This motherboard does not support SATA drives, but I have a spare SATA drive with me which my father unknowingly bought without remembering that the ...
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New hard disk making noise
I bought a 250GB SATA Seagate hard disk 15 days ago for 70 $ . After formatting for 2 times [I had to for faulty installation] the disk read/write speed have dropped significantly. It's also making ...
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Can I insert a SATA II (3Gb/s) drive into a SATA 6Gb/s slot?
The general form of this question is "Can a SATA II SSD plug into a SATA 6Gb/s port on a motherboard?"
I am looking into building a PC, but I would like to get an SSD for my OS and some programs that ...
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Sata Drive in IDE Motherboard
I have an old Dell desktop computer that I'm trying to turn into an Home Media Server. The original hard drive is only 80GB so I recently bought a second Hitachi 1TB Sata drive. I also bought a ...
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SAS or SATA-> Does SAS offer better random IO over SATA?
I am pondering a difficult question. Should I choose SAS or SATA? I ask, because I building an IO intensive application, and would like to know if the benefits of SAS outweigh those of SATA (enough to ...
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How can I get or make a USB to SATA-power cable?
I have a 2.5 inch SATA SSD that I want to power from an internal USB port.
The SSD requires 5 volts, so I see this as being possible.
I already have the data connection for the SSD, I just need to ...
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AM3+ desktop motherboards for NAS (6 or more onboard SATA3 ports and support ECC memory) [closed]
I'd like to build a NAS (FreeBSD/ZFS or DragonFly BSD/Hammer) but server components are rare (few options, quite expensive) where I live so I want to use desktop components specifically AMD AM3+ ...
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Linux detects only 4 of my 6 SATA drives
The issue I'm having is that only the first 4 of my 6 drives are showing up - sda through sdd. No sde+sdf in udev, no sde+sdf in /sys/block.
I have an MSI 760GM-P23FX motherboard, and as near as I ...
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Where do I connect the two red SATA cables on my motherboard? [closed]
I have a Compaq Presario PC SR5110NX. The Processor is AMD Athlon 64 3800+. It has 512 MB of RAM and a 40GB Hard Drive. I'm running Windows XP Professional on it.
I have 2 SATA drives, one is black ...
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How to diagnose disk errors when disk appears to be ok?
I have a six-month-old 1TB Seagate drive formatted into 2 NTFS partitions, and the disk appeared to be failing with Windows dropping down from UDMA to PIO mode, reporting Delayed Write Errors, and ...
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Hard Disk:S.M.A.R.T. Stas BAD, Back up and replace
I have an laptop top hard drive I was trying to use to my new media computer. The case is small and can accommodate for 2 2.5" drives, no 3.5" drives. I had been using the hard drive as storage hard ...
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Determining if motherboard has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility?
What specs are you supposed to look for in a motherboard to determine if it has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility built into it?
I'm looking under the details of this:
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FreeNAS ZFS questions about CPU, Ram, & HD speed
I'd like to build the most energy efficient NAS possible but still be able to run FreeNAS with ZFS.
I've been looking at Atom processors, but haven't found any that
could support more than 4gb of ...
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How can I mount this hard drive?
I pulled this hard drive out of an old HP laptop. I thought I could mount it because the label on the hard drive says it's a SATA:
Does anyone recognize what type of SATA interface is on this hard ...
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Does it affect performance if I re-use IDE Hard Drives with a SATA convertor?
I'm planning to assemble my PC.. but want to re-use a little from the old one. I just want to know if it will hamper the performance. I have two 250GB IDE hard drives.
Will it drastically affect the ...
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Software to perform RAID on different drive technology (IDE, SATA, SCSI, SSD)
May I know if there is any software (in Windows) that can perform RAID on different type of drive technology in a single computer?
From my understanding, Hardware RAID card is needed to perform RAID ...
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How do I enable SATA 3 on my computer or check if it is enabled?
My HDD is a WD5000AAKX, the Shop keeper told me that it is 6gb/s meaning SATA III right ?
How would I know if its working at SATA 3 6.0gb/s?
My system:
Intel Corei7 920
Gigabyte X58A UD7
AMD ...
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SATA III SSD drive on IDE controller - Runs in UDMA 6 is OK but slow transfers 80MB/s - expect 133MB/s
I have bought a OCZ Agility 3 SSD drive to build into my ASUS laptop. Because the drive is a SATA (III) drive and the laptop has only IDE connectors, i use a Fevi/Apple Second drive Caddy to put it ...
