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 check If ssd was replaced / taked out / data restored/copied
Laptop was 5h in workshop, where was Windows reinstalled. Need to check / controll, If during this time was ssd replased / taked out / restored data / etc. How is it possible?
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Old ish motherboard not booting from nvme
I recently bought an nvme drive and attached it to my asus P8H77-I motherboard via a PCIe-NVME (or PCIe-M.2, not sure what the proper name is) adapter. I did this in an attempt to replace the HDD that ...
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How to prevent SSD getting hot
I have a windows 11 laptop with m.2 SSD. And my SSD gets hot. Approximately 53C degrees on idle. This heat makes it uncomfortable to have the laptop on my lap. Is there a way to make it run cooler?
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Understanding the Relationship between Device IOPS and Throughput
I'm trying to understand the relationship between device IOPS and throughput. I used AmorphousDiskMark to gather some information, and I have one question:
My SSD disk is based on 4KB per block. So, I ...
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How do I rescue a windows 10 system from a failing SSD
Note Before: This is very similar to "Duplicating a system partition from a SSD with bad sectors" however my boot sector is failing and I don't have a valid windows 10 key.
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Dell ...
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What is the advisable unplugging procedure when using an external NVMe PCIe SSD drive via USB?
From a broken laptop computer, I removed the SSD and installed it in an external drive enclosure that supports NVMe and PCIe and attached it via a USB cable. I briefly looked at the directory ...
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File showing permission denied
While changing Windows from HDD to SSD, I accidentally deleted the 500MB disk that contains some HDD Windows files. Now after installation of Windows onto a SSD. I tried to open some Word files, that ...
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Can a bad block from one partition affect other partitions?
I have an external SSD 1 TB plugged in to Linux-Laptop. I have created a small new partition - 10 GB size on it, so now I have 2 partitions on that SSD.
Both partitions are formatted with ext4 file ...
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Was there ever a M+B combined slot on motherboard?
I am new to M.2 and nvme and have been reading materials on them. I think I know all the basics now.
But still have one question, was there ever a M+B combined slot/connector on motherboard?
Wikipedia ...
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Is this SSD salvageble after power loss
While renovating my kitchen, a contractor pulled the breaker to safely work on electrics. However my PC was running at that point.
After the power was turned back on, one of my SSDs (a Samsung 870 EVO ...
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SATA SSD not detect in BIOS, stuck on loading in computer management, but shows up in Acronis
Brand 1TB: FIKWOT Solid State Drive - This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4J9HHW6
I have this SSD SATA drive below. I plugged it into my computer and the bios doesn't detect it. But when I ...
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Can't boot with SSD plugged in after power loss while encrypting it
I was encrypting an SSD with Bitlocker when a power outage occured interrupting the encryption, when I powered back up the PC got stuck.
When the SSD is connected, the PC freezes on the initial boot ...
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If SSD begins degrading will that affect online backup?
I have all of my files on an external SSD and am also backing up the entire drive to an online service.
What will happen when my SSD starts degrading eventually? Will that result in corrupted files, ...
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Video game taking up 4TB of disk space
For context, I do own a 4TB HDD but this game is stored on my 512GB SSD and was running smoothly up until recently. Now my HDD is showing as almost full even though I am still able to store large ...
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Why would a mini PC not support NVME beyond 2TB?
My mini PC came with an M.2 SATA 512GB SSD, but as far as I know, it also supports NVME. Its advertisement says that the maximum is 2TB, but there are 4TB NVME. Is there any technical reason why a ...
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Folder on NAS not accessible by Windows, network credentials give access denied
I have a home NAS setup (running openmediavault 5.5.6-1, outdated I know, but it does the job) where I recently backed up my files to. Lucky that I did, because two weeks ago my SSD got damaged/...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error
I use a ASUS ZenBook Flip 13 as daily driver for 1.5 years.
One year ago I had the first blue screen with the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error. After the restart everything returned to normal, I thought ...
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Macbook Pro 2011 - OSX 10.11.6 - boot freeze on last step (black screen)
I have Macbook Pro 17, Early 2011, installed OSX 10.11.6 (El Capitan).
I have partly failed dedicated GPU, which I fixed 5 years ago by using SW method
to disable dGPU, and always use Intel integrated ...
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Where are RST drivers for 7th gen cpus for windows 8.1?
I am planning to build a gaming pc that can run windows 8.1. However, I need rst drivers for a 7th gen cpu that I want to use with windows 8.1 which I cannot find. I would appreciate help to find the ...
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Cloning windows to another partition in a different ssd drive [duplicate]
My windows 10 is installed on "Samsung SSD 750 EVO 120GB" and after checking crystaldiskinfo, it's health is at 1% with 38 tb written. since it's on such a low health I'm planning to clone ...
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Can't format entire Dynamic drive (Windows 10)
I have an SSD that I want to format, but there is a left over boot sector with GPT that I can't seem to write over. This disk had an Ubuntu OS installed on it with its own Dual Boot menu that I ...
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Transplant Windows 7 Partitions to new hardware [closed]
I have several partitions on an old Windows 7 laptop (2010) that I want to transfer to newer 2019 hardware. I understand there is a mismatch of driver configuration but I would like to see if Windows ...
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Windows 8.1 on Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ITL05
Recently I tried to install windows 8.1 on my Lenovo ideapad 3 14ITL05 by using ventoy. While I was installing, I came across an error: A driver your device needs is missing. I tried to search for the ...
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PC turns on but won't boot up, can't access BIOS
I have a Dell Precision T7910, the computer was running Ubuntu 18.04 and I wanted to make it double boot so I followed this steps: How to Install Ubuntu Alongside Windows 10, where I installed Windows ...
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Minisforum NAB6 lite mini pc - SSD is not detected in bios & can't make it boot from SSD (sata / m2). Why is that?
I bought a Mini PC - NAB6 lite by Minisforum (i5-12600H)
Installed ram (DDR4 3200) + SSD (Samsung Evo 860) via sata cable. The ram is detected - i can see it in Bios, but the SSD is NOT detected.
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How to remove read-only protection from NVMe SSD?
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B660
OS: Windows 11
Processor: Intel i7-12700
SSD: XPG S5 512 GB NVMe
What should I do next to remove Read-only protection from my SSD?
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I was using my ...
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How to merge a new SSD into my existing partitions for both Windows and Linux Mint
I want to get another SSD for my new PC because I'm running out of space, I have a dual boot Linux Mint 21.3 and Windows 11 Pro and I'd like to know how could I merge that new SSD into these existing ...
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Unable to Delete Partitions on SSD and Reinstall Windows 11
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MOTHERBOARD: MSI MAG B660 Tomahawk wifi ddr4
OS: Windows 11
Processor: Intel i7-12700
SSD: XPG S5 512 GB
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I was using my system to browse the internet when I suddenly ...
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New SSD speed tanks after writing a couple of GBs [duplicate]
My System:
Windows 11 Pro
Intel 13600K
RTX 2080 TI
MAG B660M MORTAR DDR4
Samsung NVME 980 Pro 1TB (Windows)
SEAGATE 1.92TB BarraCuda SATA 3 2.5" ZA1920CV1A002
This brand new SSD - SEAGATE 1....
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My SSD is disconecting and reconecting imediatly on USB-C
I'm using Linux Mint on a HP Pavilion 17-cd1119nf.
Recently, i bought a SSD T7 of samsung.
When i plug it on USB-C, it get disconect then imediatly reconect when i'm using it. It can be when i ...
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Why does my internal SSD take a long time (about 30 seconds) to become accessible Windows 10?
When I resume my PC from sleep, a particular SSD takes about 30 seconds to become available (I can see the drive but Explorer freezes accessing it during this time). It otherwise operates normally (...
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Does a SMART (long) test wear out an SSD?
Does a SMART long test do a lot of writes to SSDs and wear them out faster? I think on HDDs it includes write tests that one would like to avoid on SSDs.
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Why does my monitor shut off / enter sleep mode when I try to install Linux?
So I've been trying to install Linux on one of my SSDs, but whenever I get past grub to get to the graphic installation, my monitor shuts off and enters sleep mode. I'm not sure what causes this. I've ...
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macOS incorrectly computing available SSD space
I noticed the other day that my M2 MacBook Air with 1TB of storage was showing less space available under System Settings than I expected I was using.
After thoroughly combing through my files, and ...
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fdisk assigns wrong partition sizes
I'm trying to install linux(using a usb) on a new SSD (WD blue of 2TB, 1.8TB usable).
At the partition step I went with GPT table and these partitions:
/boot 1GB
/swap 4GB
/root 60GB
/home remaining ...
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Acer no longer recognizes the SSD it came with
I have an Acer Aspire XC-1660G desktop PC. I took its Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe SSD and installed it in a separate computer. On that computer I formatted the drive and installed Windows 10 onto it....
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Memory management BSOD after installing new ssd
I've been using my laptop for a while now with no issues and a one terabyte HDD. Last week I replaced the HDD with a one terabyte SSD and installed windows 11 onto it.
In the week since the purchase, ...
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Internal SATA connection on my late 2014 27" iMac retina not visible in Windows 10 (my only OS partition)
I originally bought this Apple computer without the fusion drive and just a 256GB blade SSD.
Some years later I upgraded to a 1TB SSD (cloned from the original boot camp partitions).
While I was at it,...
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SSD won't boot on new motherboard
This MBR-partitioned SSD with Windows 10 on it won't boot on my new Biostar H310M motherboard.
Yet this very same SSD used to work on my previous motherboard.
My new motherboard is configured for both ...
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Local and Cloud syncing between drives in Windows
So I read computer organization book. It said there is chapter about Memory Hierarchy. As the capacity larger and cheaper, the Read and Write speed became slower, and vice versa.
So, I have my laptop ...
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What are my options for installing Windows (10/11) on an external m.2 ssd, to later be used on an internal one, and is using windows to go okay?
My friend's birthday is coming up, me and some mutual friends are planning on building him a computer. I have been given the SSD and have been tasked with preparing it so it's ready to go asap (we are ...
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Will "Reset This PC" on a Bootcamp partition also erase the MacOS from my SSD?
I was trying to fix my Windows Defender on windows 10 in my bootcamp partition (windows defender wasn't loading as it is supposed to) and in doing so have altered values in the registry, and now my ...
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Terrible performance while performing IO operations on system drive
I'm having very poor performance on newly installed windows 11 with basic IO operations using explorer.
This happens when I'm copying archive from other solid drive to my m.2 where my fresh system ...
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Unallocated space (ubuntu 22.04.04)
I just set up a small home server and when I looked at its total disk space it said 100G. So I took a quick look into lsblk and this was the output:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE ...
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LPDDR3 or DDR3L? And which SSD?
I have an old laptop, and I would like to upgrade its hardware. After some hours checking the manual, forums, and also contacting the laptop company. Discovered that the upgrades of easiest support ...
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File Explorer shows disk volume smaller than it is supposed to be [duplicate]
I cloned a 500GB SSD to 2TB SSD with Clonezilla 3.1.2 using instructions as listed here https://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone. I tried both ...
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Dual booting with windows and ubuntu, want to install ubuntu on other SSD?
I have 2 SSDs, 1 TB ssd has windows installation and another 256 GB SSD for ubuntu (I want to install on it, not installed). I have a bootable flash drive ready for the installation. So, on the step ...
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How to format an external drive into encrypted exFAT in Windows 11?
My current USB drive (256gb) is formatted in Mac and is an encrypted APFS file system made in Disk Utility. I recently started using Windows 11 and I would like to transfer and access files between ...
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ddrescue second run, running time: n/a
I am running ddrescue to rescue a Windows 10 drive to a new SSD from a gparted media drive. I ran it successfully the first time with:
sudo ddrescue -f -d -n /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /path/to/map.log.
I ...
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WIN11 data decryption stuck and system frozen
I'm currently dealing with a significant problem on my ASUS laptop, which seems to stem from possible hardware malfunctions coupled with Windows 11 altering crucial settings without my permission. ...
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