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What are consideration when replacing a hard drive?
What interface it uses. IDE, SCSI, SATA. ect.. How fast does the drive spin? Faster spin rates normally means a faster hard drive. How much cache ram does the hard drive have. Usually more is better there as well. What form factor is the hard drive. Is it for a laptop or Desktop computer? What is the memory storage size of the drive? How long is the Warranty? Is it a brand name? How hard is it to return the drive if it is defective? Do you have to pay to ship it back? Will the hard drive be banged around alot? If so you may want to consider getting a solid state drive. Also called a SSD.
What are some steps to prevent mechanical drive failure?
Don't let the computer turn it off when it is idle, the constant spin-up and spin-down really wears on the bearings, shortening the hard drive's life. The bearings in a hard drive were designed to be constantly spinning.
What platter spin rates is not commonly associated with conventional magnetic hard disk drive?
10,200
Has one two or more platters or disks that stack together and spin in unison inside a sealed metal housing that cdontains firmware to control reading and writing data to the drive and to communicate?
Magnetic hard drive
Why does Xbox 360 elite asks disk after installing game on its hard drive?
you have to have the disc in the drive for it to play. When you install game to hard drive it makes it so the disc doesn't have to spin. Therefore it will not be scratched, overheated etc.
Name three problems resulting in symptoms similar to those for a problem with the primary slave drive?
Drive does not spin up (no drive lights)Drive spins but the computer will not bootDrive spins but the system does not recognize the drive"Hard disk controller failure" message"Error reading drive C:" messageDrive works as primary drive but not as secondary (or vice-versa)Hard drive runs slowRead more: What_are_three_problems_resulting_in_symptoms_similar_to_those_for_a_problem_with_the_primary_slave_drive
Which is more fuel economy 4wd 2wd or Awd?
Generally the two wheel drive is more economical. There are less rotating parts that take away power to spin and carry.Generally the two wheel drive is more economical. There are less rotating parts that take away power to spin and carry.
What type of storage drive contains spinning platters?
A hard disk drive consists of one or more thin disks that spin at high speed (1200 to 15000 rpm) while magnetic heads read data from them, hovering extremely close to them without making contact.
Does a higher rpm make your computer go faster?
Basically, yes. Assuming you're referring to the hard drive, the RPM is how fast the drive spins. If it spin faster, it can locate the data faster, but keep in mind it will also use more energy and get hotter.
What happens when ram is full?
When a computers RAM is fully utilized, The hard drive acts as the RAM. This is much slower. because unlike RAM which are memory chips, the hard drive uses a disk or platter, that must spin up to access data.
What is a drive in tennis?
a shot with no spin.
When is an egg hard boiled?
When you can spin it like a top on one end. An uncooked egg will not continue to spin due to the liquid in it. A hard boiled egg WILL continue to spin due to more of a solid internal mass.
