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SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is one of the most common bus interfaces for connecting mass storage devices to a computer system.

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Are my HD failures caused by a SATA port issue or is the hard drive just failing?

I'm currently trying to figure out whether a new HD that I purchased a few weeks back is faulty or if it's a problem with the SATA port (if that's even possible). Issue started on bootup, BIOS screen ...
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Understanding M.2 protocols

(Some things I say in this question are false. Don't forget to read the accepted answer.) First I want to say that there is no SATA software protocol for data transmission. SATA CD drives, SATA HDDs ...
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HDD showing up in Windows via USB, but not via SATA

Possible sector size issue? Leftover QNAP/EXT4 format weirdness? I have been migrating drives from a QNAP NAS to a new Windows 11 Pro based server. The two drives giving me problems are the 10TB ...
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Can an M.2 to USB adapter support M type but not B+M type?

It seems to me that the B type SSD supports only SATA and the M type SSD only supports PCIe, and B+M SSD supports both SATA and PCIe. Now, there is an M.2 to USB adapter that says that it only ...
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WD 14TB EasyStore doesn't spin up both inside the enclosure and outside of enclosure

I have a WD 14TB Easystore which stopped spinning up in it's enclosure for no apparent reason. Disk Management would show it but give "fatal error" when trying to assign a letter. I removed ...
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What cable I need for a Western Digital hard drive?

I broke one of my cables from the Hard Drive, but I don’t know what type of cable to buy. The broken cable on one side has the initials “ATA” and the other end is ICT, and I don’t know where to buy it ...
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Can this laptop support an SSD hard drive upgrade?

I have in my hands an old Samsung NP300E7A-S01IT laptop that needs a hard drive upgrade since it became desperately slow with age. What I want to do is upgrade its 10 years old SATA HDD into a SATA ...
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Old laptop won't recognize installed SSD

I encountered a problem while trying to upgrade an old (10+ years) Samsung NP300E7A-S01IT laptop's HDD into a newer SSD. I bought the SSD (Samsung 870 EVO 1TB 2,5" SATA III SSD MZ-77E1T0B/EU) and ...
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Robocopy: ERROR 87 (0x00000057) Time-Stamping Destination Directory

I'm using robocopy to copy files from a CD drive to a SATA drive in USB-to-SATA enclosure. This is the command that I'm using: FOR /F "tokens=6" %%a IN ('vol e:') DO SET var=%%a md k:\%var% ...
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Booting Ubuntu from Sata USB not working. Will it work if installed in laptop?

I have a 2016 ASUS X556UA laptop. It has a windows SSD drive installed. I connected a Ubuntu SSD via a SATA to USB drive. (It boots using this method on an even older laptop.) Here is the BIOS boot ...
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Two SMART properties check programs, different results of End-to-End error

Take a look at SMART-ID value D8: Which one of the two is correct and is the current state really critical? The RAW values are NOT different: Crystal reads 11h = 17 Passmark reads 17 = 11h
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A single HDD stops working in USB 2 enclosure

I have a WD hard drive that simply refuses to be read when put in a WD enclosure for SATA to USB 2. The drive shows up in macOS, Ubuntu and Windows, but appears uninitialized/unpartitioned. Here are ...
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Cannot connect to Wi-Fi networks after additional SSD install

I installed a new SATA III SSD on my new laptop (GIGABYTE A5 K1 with the Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MH network adapter) and now it can't connect to any Wi-Fi network, even though it detects them. After ...
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Back USB3 ports stopped working after adding a new SSD

I've bought new Samsung 870 EVO SSD and connected it today to my PC with SATA cable coming from SSD caching port on motherboard After that my back usb3 ports stopped working in general (no power ...
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What kind of cable do I need to connect a Toshiba MK1237GSX hard drive to another computer?

The connection on it seen in the picture seems different than the usual SATA connection and I can't find anything like it online. My old laptop won't turn on anymore and I was hoping to easily get a ...
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USB 3 to SATA adapter: ASM1153 vs ASM225 performance?

So I just got two 16TB Seagate Exos drives that I need to attach to my computer via USB. I have a couple of old Seagate Expansion enclosures from shucked 6TB drives - I tried them and they worked fine....
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Can you help me find out if my HP Notebook motherboard supports both M.2 SATA and M.2 PCIe SSD?

I would like to purchase an SSD for my HP Notebook of the following specification board specifications I would like to know if the motherboard supports SSD of M.2 form factor. If it does support, I ...
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Internal RD1000 devices are Dell proprietary?

I recently purchased two Dell RD1000 devices, one internal and one external. The external RD1000 connects via USB to the computer without problems, however the internal RD1000 via SATA is not ...
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Hard drive not spinning properly in external USB case

I have two disks that I'd like to use inside a cheap USB 2.0 case. I can use the first one just fine, when I plug it the hard start spinning nicely and the disk eventually shows up on my computer. ...
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How to read SMART stats of hard drives connected via Silicon Image Raid controller on Windows 10?

I am using a PCI card in my Windows 10 (Enterprise) pc, which is correctly listed under Windows device management as "Silicon Image Sil 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller". No RAID is enabled on the ...
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M2-to-SATA Adapter from a Lenovo Laptop is not compatible with standard SATA connectors [duplicate]

I have a Lenovo T470p which initially had a 500GB M2-into-SATA-adapter 2.5" SSD. I bought a bigger normal SATA SSD and I mounted it into the laptop, all worked ok. I was planning to re-use the ...
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My HDD doesn't show on ubuntu

Environment OS : Ubuntu 20.04 in SSD (I also tested Ubuntu 22.04) Hard Disk : Western Digital Hard Disk 10TB (model : WUS721010ALE6L4) Problem When I have connected a Hard Disk to a PC, Bios(UEFI) ...
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Is my SSD broken/faulty?

I basicaly have a situation where i cannot access a SSD (SATA) drive at all. And i was wondering if it is broken or not. I bought the SSD in 2020 and I thought I installed Ubuntu on it, but I am not ...
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Mini PC JK01: how to install a 2.5" inch HDD (disk)?

I got a "Mini PC" model: JK01. All literature (over the network) claims that it has a "2.5" inch SATA HDD bay". (For example: mini PC review) But when I open the "mini PC&...
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Win10 Event 534 - Disk Problems

i just built a new pc with a fresh win10 pro installation. but from the beginning, i'm getting lots of events 534 in the eventmanager. Miniport logs an error for device(Port = 0, Path = 2, Target = 0, ...
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Is it possible to disable an M.2 SSD without physically unscrewing it?

I want to be able to "hide" the presence of my M.2 NVMe ssd. For example, it can be useful when experimenting with OS installation to experimental drive, and you want to be sure it wont ...
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Maximum HDD size supported by drives connected via PCI Express

is the maximum supported HDD size of drives that are connected via PCI Express expansion cards limited by the motherboard of the PC or by the PCI Express card/driver? Why do I want to know that? I ...
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Partial boot after replacing SATA controller

I am just a hobbyist who has had pretty good success dealing with computer issues by finding good instructions, following them and researching troubleshooting when something didn't work. So when an ...
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SSD upgrade from M.2 SATA to NVME for Acer Aspire VX5-591G?

My laptop Acer Aspire VX5-591G-72DL came with following storage options - 128GB M.2 SATA SSD and 1TB HDD Is it possible to upgrade the 128GB SATA SSD to a 1TB NVME SSD, preferably a Samsung EVO 970 ...
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SSD not recognized in bios after Ubuntu crash

I install zorin os on my hdd but due to some mistakes my hdd crashed along with zorin...when I bought a new SSD and replace it my ssd is not being detected..and my battery light keeps blinking...I ...
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No TRIM/DISCARD with a SATA SSD connected through an UASP-enabled USB adapter?

I just bought a SATA SSD and a USB-SATA adapter. I chose an adapter with UASP support, because I thought it would make it possible to run a TRIM/DISCARD command, and I think it is important for the ...
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Unable to figure out the type of SSD I have

SSD: Can anyone please help me find out whether this SSD is SATA M.2 or NVMe? Thanks
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Desktop PC with RAID won't boot

I'm trying to fix my dads PC (Windows 10) being on holiday at my parents place. He has a RAID Volume installed, built of 2 SATA discs where at least one disk seems to be corrupt - it makes an ugly ...
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Sum of two disk usage is 100% when copying huge data

I have two hard drives, both are 220MB/s write tested. However when copying huge files (no fragmentation) from one hard drive (external, usb3.2typeA on motherboard IO panel, 10Gb/s) to the other (...
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BIOS doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter

BIOS(or motherboard firmware), doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter I have two computers, a tower and a laptop. I usually use a laptop but recently, in addition to ...
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HDD not detected by mainboard anymore, checked cables, checked hdd functionality - all work well, but the HDD is not detected

I've exchanged my power supply and reconnected all of my SATA-drives. Now all drives are detected by the mainboard, but one - of course I checked all cables, and I use working cables and a working ...
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HDDs don't boot via SATA, but boot via USB

Can't boot any HDD via SATA cables in the mobo, but can boot via USB. I have tested now three hard drives at this point, all of them do not boot on SATA, but all of them boots via SATA switcher to ...
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Internal HDD connected to laptop via USB adapter is not recognized

I have bought SATA to USB adapter (same as this one) to connect my Seagate Barracuda 3.5'' 1Tb internal HDD (same as this one) to laptop that runs Windows 10.I'm connecting adapter to HDD and to ...
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HDD Beeping every 4 seconds

Western Digital drive (https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-purple-sata-hdd#WD10PURZ). When I plug the SATA power into the drive, it begins beeping a half-second long tone every ...
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Hard drives attached to a PCI sata adapter not being detected

i have a StarTech.com PEXSAT34RH 4 Port PCI Express 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card installed on my ubuntu server thats running 21:04 and any hard drive that is attached to this controller ...
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How can I know if a M.2 PCIe NVME port can be adapted into SATA?

I want to buy a notebook (the dell g-15 5510 or the lenovo ideapad 3i) but storage is a big deal to me, and since these machines come with a ssd of 512gb max, I would like to update it with a HDD (...
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SSD S.M.A.R.T. (SMART) 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute high on newish drive - Is this normal?

On a 5-month old SATA SSD, the S.M.A.R.T. (SMART)* 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute's value is already large (58000). Is this normal? For reference, the 'Soft ECC Correction' attribute is SMART ...
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How do I use a cd reader from old laptop (taken out) without buying an enclosure?

I took disc drive out of old laptop and it has the sata port in laptop, can I just convert the sata cord into a sata to usb cord and hook it up as an external drive? I live in BFE so I dont want to ...
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Adaptor from NVMe M.2 SSD to SATA?

I am trying to upgrade the storage: The existing storage is a 256GB SSD, model Samsung PM871b M.2 2280, installed on an adaptor to SATA, and I guess it is Next Gen Form Factor. I purchased a 1TB SSD ...
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SATA Port changes has caused HDD to lost its file structure [duplicate]

So I connected a new HDD to an unoccupied SATA port on the motherboard. From within windows, I then migrated some data across and everything looked good. Shutdown the machine. I then removed an older ...
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Does B+M Key slot support M Key SSDs?

My laptop is Asus N552VW which runs Intel 6700HQ for the CPU, it comes with a M.2 SATA SSD model: MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB and from what I see, my laptop's M.2 slot is a B+M key slot: More pictures: ...
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Does Enabling the Host Protected Area increase available reserved space on SATA SSD?

I got an old SATA SSD which is on it's last leg with regard to available reserved space. If i perform a SSD overprovising as described in the linked article will that increase available reserved space ...
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3.5" HDD spinning up via usb adapter but not via sata

I have a 14TB WD Elements external HDD. It's about 1 year old. Then I opened the case to use it as an internal HDD. If I use the USB adapter from the case everything works fine (The adapter is a small ...
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Is this B&M key SSD SATA or NVME?

I have a B&M key M.2 SSD which I want to use as an external storage device (via USB) but I'm not sure what technology it uses. My research online says that B&M key SSDs use SATA, but on the ...
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Can I split a SATA data connection at the hard drive end? [closed]

I've seen one other post about this but my use case is a bit different. I'd like to use one hard drive on 2 different machines, only accessing the drive with one at a time (they won't be powered on at ...
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