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Optimum SSD size for Intel SRT?

According to Intel, the utilizable cache size on the SSD for SRT is between 18.6 GB and 64 GB. If I buy a "64 GB" SSD I only get 60 GB of usable space, thus underutilizing the SRT technology a bit ...
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Is 7200rpm thru sata 2 worth it?

I am aware that this is probably a common question, yet I did not find the right search terms to use. I have to buy a new hard drive. I figured out that the equation consists of: connector standard, ...
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Max HDD Size for MacBook Pro Late 2011

I wanna know what is the max hard disk size supported for a Macbook Pro late 2011 (md314). I know it should be a 2.5" SATA I/II/II (9.5mm) HD, but don't know if it's 1TB or more. Already have a 180GB ...
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Disparity in C drive size

My C drive has a capacity of 98 gb , after installing windows 8 release preview just now, when i look at the properties of C drive, it says 27 GB used and remaining empty, but when i go into C drive ...
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Does RAID 1 allow using the entire drive or does it entail some overhead?

I have a Synology NAS DS211j with two 2TB hard-drives mounted in RAID 1 (mirror). (By hard-drive manufacturers’ measures—1GB = 1000MB—the “real” size is closer to 1.8TB.) I rarely access this NAS and ...
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How to increase VirtualBox virtual drive actual size?

I have selected "dynamically allocated" mode upon creating virtual drive. I was thinking it will grow automatically up to maximum size. But it constantly has "actual size" of 4Gb and does not growing ...
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Virtual PC dynamic disk - why limited to 130GB?

On my Windows 7 machine with XP Mode installed, I created a new VM in Virtual PC. I have a 1TB SATA drive installed in the machine and when I create a dynamic (expanding) disk, it only allows me to ...
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What is the maximum hard disk size recognized by Amibios v1502?

I have a Seagate Barracuda 500GB hard drive that the BIOS shows the size as being 0MB in compatibility mode, and 4.14GB in AHCI mode. My motherboard is an ASUS P7P55D-E PRO. What is causing the ...
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Is it normal for a SATA drive to show 0MB size in BIOS?

Right, so this is the first time I've attempted to build a computer that will use a SATA disk. Disk Details are as follows Seagate 7200.12 ST3500413AS PartNo. 9YP142-303 Firmware JC45 Date Code ...
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Local Disc (C:) inconsistent size?

Windows 7 tells me that there is ~25GB free in Local Disc (C:) but when I navigate inside, if I select everything and look at properties, the size is different. Take a look at the screenshot to see ...
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suggestions for migrating a windows 7 install to a new 4K sector disk

I'm looking to upgrade the disk on a windows 7 box to a new larger drive. In the past for such migrations I'd just hook both drives up and use a linux boot disk and use dd to copy from one disk to ...
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Can Windows 7 restore itself from image to a smaller HDD than original?

I've created a full system image using the built-in Win7 utility, it was from a 300GB drive but there is only about 50GB of data. I then swapped disks in my notebook, the new one being 80GB SSD and ...