Questions tagged [ssd]
Solid-state drive; a device that uses solid-state memory to persistently store data, often as a replacement for a traditional hard drive. Because SSDs do not use mechanical seeking to access data, they can provide much higher performance than hard drives especially with random I/O operations.
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How to upgrade my sata hdd 1tb to sata ssd 512gb with the same windows os that is installed? [duplicate]
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My laptop has only 1 slot for storage space.
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I need the same windows os 10 to be present on the ssd with all the settings and apps without loosing the genuine windows key....
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How to upgrade SSD with windows 11 without losing offline licence? [duplicate]
I'm planning to buy a laptop with Windows 11 and immediately upgrade SSD. I assume I will be able to use the laptop initially without creating online windows account (and I strongly prefer this for ...
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Boot 3.0 USB on Surface Go 3 works with adapter but not with USB hub
I'm trying to boot a permanently installed Linux from a portable SSD on my Surface Go 3.
The SSD has GRUB installed on it and basically works just line any other portable Linux. I have confirmed that ...
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BIOS works, but laptop is not booting. Just goes to a Lenovo logo or a blank screen on a Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ALC6 laptop
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ALC6 laptop that I bought listed with a defective SSD. When I got it, put in a new, working confirmed SSD, it still didn't work. After troubleshooting, here's where I'm at:
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Periodic HDD clicks
In the last few days I began to notice clicks from the PC case. I started listening to everything and it seems that the clicks are coming from the HDD. The PC is working as usual, but the clicks scare ...
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Can I transfer hard drive from broken laptop to same model laptop but without a hard drive, OS, or software?
My old laptop broke. I can buy the exact same model cheaply but "HDD, OS, and software not included". If I simply insert my old SSD, will it work? The old SSD is not the reason the old ...
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"unlock the hard disk failed"... but the password is correct
Added a 2nd SSD on a Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G2 ACH Laptop - Type 20YM, then, after rebooting, it fails to unlock the hard disk pretending it isn't correct.
However, it indeed is the right password, it ...
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SSD speed in different socket of CPU and chipset
If a motherboard chipset (like B760) has x4 DMI version 4.0 which has speed around 8GBps.
And I use a M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD (speed around 8Gbps) in a socket which lanes are directly attached to cpu ...
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Fault detected on drive 1 in disk drive bay 1 on a Dell R620, but is it really a concern?
It gives me this code on the display from the server (Fault detected on drive 1 in disk drive bay 1) , but in iDRAC:
Storage summary:
Fault logs:
Disks online:
I really don’t know what is happening,...
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Is cpu,gpu,ssd "sound/noise" dangerous if all performance are normal? (Detail in post)
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My brand new PC, makes noise and this noise increases during heavy use. I am not sure if this sound is from SSD or CPU or GPU or fans. But with the tests I took, GPU and fans even in stress ...
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New SSD installation
Keeping it brief.
Upgrading SSD in my laptop. Only one SSD slot.
Thinking of creating a system image on my external hard disk.
Creating a Bootable usb
Creating system image in external hard disk
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SMART - how much I should worry about SSD drive failing in past on "Cumulative Corrected ECC Error Count"?
It is in my current self-test report, but I see it was present already in first self-test report at 8960 hours
latest self test, at 18 367 hours:
sudo smartctl -t offline /dev/sda offline test:
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How might I transfer cookies and passwords from a broken laptop drive to a new laptop's browser?
My old laptop recently broke (in a way that can't be repaired). I salvaged the SSD card and turned it into an external drive so that I can get my old data off of it.
I mainly need all the data from my ...
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What is the name of these SSD M.2 heatsink copper sheets?
Would like to add a 2nd SSD in a Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G2 ACH laptop.
According to the Hardware Maintenance Manual you have to wrap it in the following:
(this then gets in contact with a silicon pad ...
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SSD is disappearing and reappearing on Windows
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I installed a NVMe SSD which is a Hynix OEM for Surface into my laptop.
If I use it as a data storage, it usually disappears when I wake up my laptop from sleep mode, or shut it down and restart ...
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SSD read/write error on ASUS Vivobook S15 S533 (11th Gen Intel) running Ubuntu 22.04 after update
I have Ubuntu 22.04 upgraded from 20.04 installed in 2020. This machine]1 worked well with kernel 5.15.0-43. After recent update (2023.11.28) it often crashes random with I/O error. While crashing it ...
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Understanding Secondary Log Hard Disk Impact on Write Speed and Data Integrity After Power Outage
I've recently come across the notion that a secondary log hard disk can be employed to enhance write operation speed in a database system. I find this concept intriguing but am struggling to grasp the ...
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SSD Crucial P3 driver not accepted by Windows 11 system installation
I'm installing Windows 11 on a Dell Latitude 5500 with replaced SSD (Crucial P3 PCIe 3.0).
Installation doesn't detect the HW, so I used Shf+F10 to initiate partition (HW is detected by BIOS and ...
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Dell keeps booting to old SSD
My Dell G5 5590 has a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. I bought a Samsung Evo 870 1TB SSD, and used Samsung's Data Migration tool to clone from the 250GB to the Evo.
Then, I opened the laptop and installed ...
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Using M.2 drives on a PCIe X16 adapter card
I purchased four M.2 NVME Gen 4 4Tb SSDs and a MPG Z690 Carbon WIFI motherboard. I want to do everything possible to produce the fastest read/write speeds from the individual drives.
To be clear, I do ...
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SSD disk active time 100 percent frequently on idle
I am using windows 11 and I have 2TB M.2 NVME SSD on my laptop. My disk active time is regularly hitting 100 percent on idle. Even tho there is almost no read and write activity at all. Even when my ...
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Why does the write speed of my SSD significantly decrease after writing to it for a few minutes? [duplicate]
I have more than 20 SSDs from Crucial, Samsung, and other companies.
Let's take the example of my Samsung 970 Plus 2TB which I use with a 10 Gbps USB C enclosure. On the product page it says that the ...
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smartctl NVMe SSD : what is "Maximum Data Transfer Size"?
I just noticed a Maximum Data Transfer Size spec on both my NVMe SSDs (128 pages in one case, and 64 pages in another). What exactly is this ? Is it the same as EBS (Erase Block Size, see Is partition ...
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SSD cannot be recognised on Windows and LInux
I recently bought a new SSD to replace the one in my laptop. I took the old SSD out and stuck it in an external enclosure, planning to use it as an external drive. When I first plugged it in to ...
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Using Isopropyl alcohol to clean SSD, CPU/GPU sockets [closed]
Wanted to ask after reading this other question.
there are visible signs of moisture on or bear components of a laptop after the machine was exposed to steam/water vapor and you are concerned about ...
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Logitech G502 lightspeed adapter disconnects after disk migration on Debian 12
Recently I treated myself to a 1TB NVMe SSD to replace my very old Samsung 750 500Gb SSD.
I cloned my debian 12 install to the new disk using clonezilla's disk-to-disk, expand partition setting. apart ...
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Can i change my C drive from my SSD to my HDD?
Like the title says I want to move my OS from my solid-state to my hard drive. Are there any drawbacks to this is don't mind the slower boot speed but will it affect anything else and is it possible ...
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I try to install batocera on the internal hard drive from boot usb but it doesn't work
I have a mini PC with an Intel Atom processor (I'm not at home now, when I return I will edit the question adding the model), 2 Gb of RAM and a 30 Gb internal SSD.
I mounted the batocera image for ...
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ASUS Laptop Move from HDD to SSD with original windows 7 and OEM Partition
my laptop:
ASUS; Windows 7 Home edition sp1 2009 original; 25 GB partition for Windows OEM for factory recovery; MBR 700GB HDD Drive.
HDD has bad sectors: over 40KB per partition.
But Windows ...
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Why is rsync slower within my SSD than to an external HDD?
I have partitioned my primary SSD, and mounted two partitions in my /media directory. rsync between these two partitions are slower than rsync-ing the same files to an external HDD, and I don't ...
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SSD appears in UEFI BIOS but won't boot
I have a PC with an Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming Motherboard with a Ryzen 5 2600 processor.
I have a 1TB Samsung NvME SSD on this PC (where Windows 10 is installed) along with a 250GB SATA SSD for ...
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Windows 10 and hardware upgrade: strange behaviour after safe usb unplugging, that leads to data corruption on all hard drives [closed]
I recently upgraded several components in my PC, including the motherboard (ASUS Prime x670-p), RAM, GPU (Nvidia 1070 to Nvidia 4090), and CPU (Intel i7-6700k to AMD Ryzen 9 7950x). My previous setup ...
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Chrome: recovering Chrome autofill data from a corrupt ex-Win10 PC
Can one run Chrome with a named profile from command line off a USB rescue media with W10, to rescue Chrome data from a corrupt SSD? Before you say that it's a ridiculous idea, please hear me out.
I ...
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Windows won't boot after power cut. Windows installation USB won't boot either
A few months ago, a very brief power outage occurred while I was using Windows 10. It lasted less than a second and when I turned my computer on again, it booted into Ubuntu, which was installed on an ...
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Why can't I boot from my cloned drive?
I am trying to replace an HDD with a SSD on an old Samsung Series 5 Ultra. I have tried cloning the drive multiple ways:
Tried with Macrium - drive wouldn't boot and got stuck in a loop restarting ...
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How much longer of a lifespan do TLC SSDs have compared to QLC SSDs?
I've come across several articles stating TLC SSDs have better reliability and longer lifespan than QLC SSDs. However, they don't specify how much more reliable they are. I'm aware the real-world ...
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Installation macOS High Sierra shows Prohibitory Symbol
The HDD from my daughter's Macbook white mid 2010 is very old and running terribly slow, so I bought a Samsung 870 EVO 500GB SSD to replace it. Then I downloaded a install Mac OS El Capitan app.zip ...
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SATA errors for SSD with new mainboard, works fine with old one
My $old system works perfectly fine. Then I upgraded the mainboard+CPU to $new and suddenly I can no longer boot from my SSD. The GRUB bootloader stops sometimes at "GRUB", "GRUB ...
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Which SATA revision does device support?
How to tell which SATA revision is supported by a device (either motherboard or SSD drive) within Linux or Windows or any other way?
Samsung PM893/PM897 SSD specification explicitly says SATA 3.3 ...
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NVMe/SSD Driver for Razer Blade 15 Advanced 2021 (Razer CH570 motherboard)
I have the Razer Blade 15 Advanced 2021 (RZ09-0409), and I'm trying to reinstall Windows. When I boot into the installation media, I can't select my SSD as the target device for installation. This ...
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NVMe SSD is visible on Device Manager but not visible in Disk Management
I was using my windows pc all and well but suddenly windows stopped working. I have a usb bootable Ubuntu and with this I wanted to extract my files before formatting the SSD completely but for some ...
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Installing Alma linux on Laptop with Intel Optane SSD shows up error md126
I have purchased a laptop with Windows, I wanted to install Ala linux. I have downloaded the latest version of the distribution and have made a bootable USB.
Now when I start the installation process ...
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SATA/SSD 2.5'' to USB laptop connection dont show up
I have several 2.5'' SATA/SSD disks that I want to read in a laptop.
I bought a common SATA/SSD to USB 3.0 adapter but most don't show up and they are silent (no spinning)
I strongly suspect the ...
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BOOTCAMP WINDOWS INSTALL STORAGE
I recently used bootcamp assistant to install windows on my MacBook Air 2015. I had no intention of keeping macos alongside windows so I cleared the mac partition from disk utility in recovery mode ...
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Linux - Old MacBook Air - SSD not found
I have a MacBook Air that only supports macOS Catalina.
I tried 'upgrading' it by installing Linux Mint on it.
That worked fine for a while, untill it crashed, and now it won't boot again.
I tried a ...
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Surface Pro 7 plus corrupt SSD
I'm working as a Level 1 IT help desk in a High School. We exclusively use MS Surface devices for the students. I have a student device I'm struggling with. It's a Surface Pro 7 Plus which shows the ...
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why my computer do not showing hard drive in boot order
The computer does not start windows and it gives me a message: Your pc/device needs to be repaired.
The bios recognizes both the hdd and the new ssd (on which the OS is installed) in the device ...
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Very slow random write on SSD
I have an SSD and since I bought it I feel that it slows down in several situations, when I download a game I can't do anything because my computer freezes because it is so slow, there are games that ...
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Why can't Windows 11 read properly the SSD which I connected to my laptop using a USB connector?
I wanted to wipe an SSD that was previously in a PC with Windows 11. I connected it via USB to my PC and Windows is telling me "A specified device does not exist". I checked it using "...
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Could I use a microcontroller to put a HDD or SSD into my RAM slots
Could I use a microcontroller to put a SATA storage device into a RAM slot, or would some BIOS configuration prevent this.
I know that this is beyond useless, but it may be a fun project.
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