https://powerusers.codidact.com/categories/61/tags/5078.rssNew Posts Tagged 'hard-drive' - Power UsersPower Users - Codidact2024-03-25T07:28:04Zhttps://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/291141My hard drive is screeching, now what?matthewsnyderhttps://powerusers.codidact.com/users/613082024-03-24T02:23:46Z2024-03-25T07:28:04Z<p>My hard drive is making a screeching/scraping/scratching sound.</p>
<p>Is this bad? Will it explode? What I do? How do I figure out which hard drive is doing it, if I have multiple?</p>
<!-- g...https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/286580Should I now delete backup files already stored on my SSD C Drive? Should I use free space on SSD C Drive?TextKithttps://powerusers.codidact.com/users/536962022-06-11T23:54:55Z2022-06-13T13:48:21Z<p>On both my desktop and laptop, my Windows 11 C drives are on a 500 GB SSD. My D drives are on a 1 TB HDD.</p>
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<p>A Microsoft Support Engineer noticed that I backed up 300 GB o...https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/284938Why does my external Hard Drive keep squealing? TextKithttps://powerusers.codidact.com/users/536962021-11-22T06:55:10Z2021-11-22T13:14:15Z<p>As soon as I plug in the USB cable to my desktop's USB port, and the external Hard Drive starts spinning, it keeps <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-67687430/orange-hd/s-VNxMcBIwTwM?si=952f8e...https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/281750Is it wise to delete C: (containing Program Files) on an old hard drive, to create space to backup more files?TextKithttps://powerusers.codidact.com/users/536962021-05-13T20:35:24Z2021-05-24T16:38:51Z<p>I'm asking just for Windows. My old laptop died, and I removed its hard drive ("HD"). Now I'm using this as a backup HD. I partitioned it into C and D, because C contains all the "...