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Solid-state drive; a device that uses solid-state memory to persistently store data, often as a replacement for a traditional hard drive. Because SSDs do not use mechanical seeking to access data, they can provide much higher performance than hard drives especially with random I/O operations.

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Step-by-step instructions to move unallocated space from left to right using GParted? [closed]

Please refer to the setup in the image linked in the last line of my post. I just reduced my Windows Downloads partition space on /dev/nvme0n1p4 to the unallocated 420.63GB space on its right, ...
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My (Windows) laptop lost power for hours now it doesn't recognize the SDD as a boot disk [closed]

What can I do? Is the disk dead? How do I know? Should I reinstall Windows? I can has halpz?
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Kernel Panic on boot of CentOS 7 working system on installing new NVME SSD

I have an existing CentOS 7 (7.6.1810) system running on AMD. It works well, currently running with the core O/S on a SATA SSD. I decided to attempt to add more storage by installing a new Samaung ...
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Preloading an NVME SSD for laptop with damaged keyboard

I have an older ASUS QU524 laptop running Windows 10 as a Jellyfin movie server across my network. The keyboard is damaged, and external keyboards do not engage until the BIOS/Setup prompt has passed. ...
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Is there any way to check the originality of Windows OS?

I just got an SSD installed. The tech that do my laptop also install a new Windows OS on the SSD. But, I'm wondering the originality of the Windows OS that the "tech" installed, is there any ...
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I/0 error dev sda(root partition)

I've been trying to install windows on my brand new Western Digital ssd, no matter how i install, windows barely lasts 3 days before crashing and prompting a reinstall. This has happened over 8 times ...
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Why does my PC lag after installing Nvidia graphics? Closing programs by its own and stutters [closed]

As I am installing my Nvidia driver my PC is stuttering, programs are crashing, sometimes screen is going black, sometimes monitor is saying no signal, I am very frustrated. And talked to MSI ...
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SSD write cost too much time

Recently I have been conducting some write tests based on SSD hard drives. The background is as follows: I developed a simple file upload server using the Go language. The key code is as follows: for ...
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Missing M.2 screw that I can't identify for MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus"

I just received a second M.2 SSD that I'm trying to install, but the screw wasn't included in the box and isn't in my motherboard's box. It doesn't help that it looks like an uncommon screw type ...
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What does it mean when an SSD works slow?

I have a SSD Sata 512GB. 2 days ago it starts to work very slow. When I check SSD parameters with Crystal Disk info and everything is okay. I've changed the SATA cable, and also I've changed SATA ...
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Slower than expected read speed on Samsung SSD 850 and 870

I have a Samsung SSD 850 (/dev/sda) and a Samsung SSD 870 (/dev/sdb) which are exhibiting slower-than-expected read speeds: > sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 1334 MB ...
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What is DRAM cache on SSDs actually used for?

I've found a very interesting article that provides an in-depth explanation about how do SSDs work: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/inside-the-ssd-revolution-how-solid-state-...
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Scan on SSD Hard drive says ok but

Pc repair tech couldn't install Windows 10 on my Windows 7 computer, he said it was because there were too many writes on my SSD which is only around 5-6 years old. I came home and tested it, and it ...
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Why is my SSD card showing less capacity than advertised?

I bought a 64GB Samsung EVOPlus SSD card from a vendor on Ebay the other day. !ddg 64 gb to gib A screenshot of the website duckduckgo.com showing the conversion of 64 gigabytes to gibibytes, ...
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Diagnostic details: - The last unmovable file appears to be: \$Mft::$DATA [duplicate]

I tried to shrink my c drive but i noticed that there's a point i tried to fix it but during the shrink phase i got this defrag Diagnostic details: The last unmovable file appears to be: $Mft::$DATA ...
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