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dthomas
2 days ago

I’ve heard people say that a wide range of space should be left free on a hard drive for best performance - anywhere from 5%, which...

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sspade
3 days ago

I know that most of the things we used to do with HDDs such as defragmenting are unnecessary or even counterproductive for SSDs. As I...

Tags: HDD, SSD, storage |
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rtrembley
8 weeks ago

SSDs are gaining in popularity for a number of reasons; cost is coming down, storage capacity is increasing, and the current shortage of...

Tags: hardware, HDD, SSD |
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ernard
13 weeks ago

I was thinking about replacing a bad HDD on a desktop with an SSD or hybrid drive. Is there a compelling reason to go with the hybrid,...

Tags: HDD, Hybrid Drive, SDD |
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