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Hard Disk and SSD Drive Problems

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WD My Passport Portable SSD 1TB with NVMe Technology, USB-C, Read Speeds of up to 1050MB/s & Write Speeds of up to 1000MB/s. Works with PC, Xbox, PlayStation

Advantages of portable or external SSD drives

March 5, 2022 Eric Legge 0

Not so long ago internal and external SSD drives were of very low capacities and considerably more expensive compared to internal and external mechanical hard […]

WD SSD Dashboard

How to use the WD SSD Dashboard to monitor and control your Western Digital  M.2 NVMe or SATA SSD

July 30, 2020 Eric Legge 0

Where to download the WD SSD Dashboard and the SSD dashboards of other SSD manufactures such as Samsung Download the current version of the Western […]

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PC freezes every 15 minutes requiring a reboot or shuts down

June 30, 2020 Eric Legge 0

PROBLEM – PC freezes regularly My elderly desktop PC runs Windows 7 SP1 64-bit version with 4GB of RAM and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 […]

mSATA SSD form factor drive for an mSATA slot on the motherboard.

Cause of a slow M.2 SATA SSD on AMD-based motherboard

February 3, 2020 Eric Legge 0

This article summarizes a very long video that diagnoses the cause of a slow M.2 SSD, The work is by the PC technician, Carey Holzman, […]

M.2 SSD drives - 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA M.2 2280 SSD drive

Problems with M.2 SSD drives – NVMe & SATA – Key and length compatibility, overheating and faulty hardware encryption

January 7, 2020 Eric Legge 0

To benefit fully from NVMe M.2 SSD drives, you must be able to boot the operating system, usually Windows 10, from it. That requires UEFI […]

Install SSD - Crucial 2.5-inch SSD drive

Install SSD and transfer an existing install of Windows 10/11 to it

May 26, 2019 Eric Legge 0

SSD PROBLEM – Install SSD and transfer Windows 10/11 to it I want to install an SSD drive in my desktop PC to improve boot […]

SSD encryption - BitLocker is a full-disk-encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise editions, which is also available in certain editions of Windows 7/8.1/10. TrueCrypt was discontinued in 2014

SSD encryption issue in Windows 10 using Bitlocker software

November 20, 2018 Eric Legge 0

Many brand-name desktop and laptop PCs come with a single SSD drive or a boot SSD drive plus a standard hard disk drive with a […]

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Replace a dead hard disk drive with a laptop hard drive

July 10, 2018 Eric Legge 0

Tale of a desktop PC’s dead hard disk drive and how to replace one with a cheaper laptop hard drive Owner whose PC has a […]

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Resize C: drive into unallocated disk space

August 17, 2017 Eric Legge 0

Resize C: drive into unallocated space with an E: or F: drive between the C: drive and the free space Problem:  Resize C: drive The […]

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Hard drive hogged for 15 to 20 minutes at startup

July 5, 2017 Eric Legge 0

Using my PC is difficult – Hard drive hogged for 15 to 20 minutes at startup Problem Hard drive hogged. – My Windows 7 Professional […]

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  • PC Problems and Solutions
    • Software Problems
    • Windows 7/8.1/10 Problems
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