Yes, you should still defrag in the SSD era…
I’ve seen a lot of people say that SSDs eliminate the need to defragment your hard drive. And, these people almost made me second guess myself… almost. While it is true that SSDs eliminate one reason...
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What’s next for MacBook Pro? SSD Alongside HDD.
The iMac has a nifty new feature (well, for iMac, anyways). It has both a 2.5-inch drive bay and a 3.5-inch drive bay. Now yes, you can use that 2.5-inch drive bay to house that old hard drive from...
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Seagate Drops Long DST from SeaTools for Windows
Here’s an oddball for Sunday. Seagate quietly posted SeaTools for Windows version 1.2.0.5. It’s such a small update, that the download page still claims that the current version is 1.2.0.4. However,...
View ArticleSeagate Momentus XT Firmware Update SD28 Released
Seagate has issued a new firmware update for Momentus XT owners, version SD28. If you are a Momentus XT owner (like myself), you can breath a sigh of relief and update immediately… after backing up, of...
View ArticlePSA: Backup Your SSD, Just Like Your HDD – Avoid Being DOA
I was able to breathe a major sigh of relief today. My aftermarket Solid State Drive (SSD) upgrade, installed in one of my laptops, lost its filesystem. I don’t know yet if the drive itself has failed...
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Lenovo RapidDrive: The Wrong Way to Hybrid Drive SSD & HDD
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Y560p. It’s one of about a dozen or so notebooks from Lenovo that use Lenovo’s “exclusive” RapidDrive technology. I hate it. I’ll explain why it’s a bad way to go. Note:...
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