seagate barracuda

Shingled Magnetic Recording drives have a bad name, and rightly so if you need to write continuously for more than a couple of minutes, because the firmware just can't cope and frequently grinds to a halt for a few seconds. As someone who always buys NAS HDD's for their longevity and durability...

Hello, Summary of problem: After re-installing Windows 10 on my SSD, I have to have my 2nd HDD unplugged to get it to boot to windows. As a test step, I did configure the HDD SATA port for hot swap mode. This does allow me to boot the computer with only the SSD plugged in and once it boots, I...

hey to all starting about 3 months ago, i have been getting random BSOD's on my Windows 7 PC, just while doing everyday things, like browsing the internet, or playing a game this first happened when i was playing Guild Wars 2, and the game just suddenly crashed, and threw a blue screen at me...

Hi Everyone, I've been having the BSOD pop up on my new computer which is about a week old. Initially there were BAD_POOL_HEADER and MEMORY_MANAGEMENT errors. I had reformatted my pc and reinstalled windows 7 fresh but I just got another BSOD about a few hours after a fresh install. I've...

This BSOD has been happening more regularly, sometimes after 30mins, other times after a couple of hours. If I try and restart it crashes shortly after Win 7 logo appears. Unless I disconnect the power for at least 15mins, it won't restart Windows - just re crashes. Have attached the dump and...

Hi all, After searching for a forum with lots of active support, I found it. Seeing this crash has various reasons I couldn't find a fix from other topics. I just built a PC for a client and it's getting random restarts. System: Windows 7 x64. Intel i3 530. GeIL GV34GB1333C9DC 4GB (2x2GB)...

Hello, So recently I've tried intalling Windows 7 Ultimate x86 on a new freshly made partition just for it. The installation firstly goes smooth, but when it reaches "Finishing the installation" part, it all goes wrong. First of all the screen wents black for couple seconds, then it goes...

Hi For the past month or so, i've been using Windows 7, however, about 3 weeks ago, i got a replacement for my PSU (the original one fried some how) and upgraded my graphics card from a 9600GT to a GTX 275. Both upgrades were carried out at the same time. Sadly, after i upgraded, my computer...

I am hoping someone can shed some light on this problem with video playback. Video playback freezes after anywhere from 30 seconds to 15 minutes into a movie. This happens with AVI's as well as DVD's on hard drive. Never happens with streaming video such as Netflix. And, I haven't really...

I'm currently trying to dual boot Win XP 32bit, and Win7 64bit. I have separate partitions on one HDD for each of the OS and I currently have XP pro installed without any problems. i've burned the Win7 ISO at x4 speed to ensure I get a good clean copy and I've booted from the DVD and stared...

When upgrading from 7048 to 7077 the installer freezes on the last step (copying files and settings) at 35% every time I've tried it. It suggested removing ATI Catalyst Install Manager and Control Panel, which I did, but it still hangs (although this time at 47%). I have tried several different...

Hi everybody! Ok so here's the scenario: I have 2 Hard Drives. One is a Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 and one is a Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA2. Both drives were formatted and each has 2 partitions on it. The 500GB has an 83GB partition and a 382GB partition. The 83Gb partition on this...