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Hard drives can also be called HD. For information on the hard drive, click the link below
Drive Jumper (IDE drives Only. SATA drives do not have this)
Data recovery
Defrag
Drive letter assignment change - How to change the drive letter assignment to a drive in windows
Drive letter not showing - The drive is not showing up in My Computer
Drive size is incorrect - My computer is showing the size of the hard drive incorrectly
Free space - How much free space is on my hard drive?
Hard drive Dell diagnostics - How to run hard drive diagnostics on a Dell
Hard drive diagnostics - Manufacturers diagnostics
Hard drive addition - adding a second hard drive
Erase data on hard drive - Information on erasing hard drive and security of it
Hard drive install - How to install a hard drive
Hard drive missing space - When you look at a drive, a certain amount of space will not be shown. This tends to make you think there is something wrong with the drive.
Hard drive space low - Get the message the hard drive is low on free space
Hard drive types - Explains the different types of hard drives
Hard drive installed secondary for data recovery - How to install the hard drive as a secondary drive for data recovery
Smartdrive message - What this indicates
Troubleshoot boot issues - Here is a tool to help you troubleshoot
Hard drive constantly running - The hard drive constantly runs
Hard error - What to do about a hard error
Hard drive secondary not seen - what to do about the second drive not seen
Hard drive Unmountable Boot Volume - can either be corruption or a bad hard drive
Hard Drive not seen in BIOS - Troubleshoot hard drive not seen in Bios
What is bytes - information on bit, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, Terabytes and such
External Hard Drive Letter - You should assign the drive letter of X, Y, or Z to this drive and why
External - Information on external drives
Hard drive enclosures - Information about putting a drive in an enclosure
Defrag and SSD drives - information about SSD drives and defrag
Secure Boot enabled? - How to determine if Secure Boot UEFI is enabled
Secure Boot - Information on Secure Boot with UEFI system
Trim - Check to see if Trim is enabled on a SSD drive
Safety - Computer safety when installing, uninstalling, or maintenance
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