storage

whenever i run any application after windows startup no matter how much time after the startup the disk usage gets to 100% with no actual apps using disk all are around .1 mb/s *it returns to 0-1% after 1-2 mins depending on the app*, if i closed the app and reopened it, it takes like a sec or...

Hey guys - I need help scoping out what I need / budgeting for a simple home NAS. Requirements- 4 TB+ storage for storing old family photos/home video methodology for tagging/organizing this kind of content is a bonus. Occasional streaming of HD 1080p video & ripped DVD footage to Fire Stick...

From: Intel i5 3570 ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M G Skill Ares 8GB DDR3-1600mhz Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 270X Seagate Barracuda 2TB hard drive 7200RPM Samsung 840 EVO 120GB HDD Corsair HX 650W 80+ Gold PSU What would you get? Would you keep any of it? Assume that you could spend US$2000 and it needed to...

Hello, I recently setup a media/ data storage PC in my house. It houses 5 drives at present, 10TB in total and constitutes a mix of WD Green and WD Blue disks. The system is kept on 24/7. I wanted to know if there is any problem if I leave CrystalDiskInfo (V7.0.5) running all the time just to...

TLDR: I dump all my photos onto my PC in monthly substructures such as \pictures\2017_04 . I need a consolidated solution to backup (not synch) my photos from a top level folder (with many, many subfolders) to the cloud that allows me to download for printing or has an app for viewing. The...

I have always set windows up (since Win3.1!) with dual drives. One for the OS and one for temp files, browser cache, swap, spool, etc. I have monitored it with tools and the two drives seem to be about equal with R/W. I even did this with SSDs and it seemed make my computer run faster. I am...

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Anyone know the law to putting a motorcycle inside an apartment in California? I have no more parking space available and it would be a lot cheaper to put it inside my apartment than renting out a storage. I wouldn't keep in in the living room, I have a patio with enough room to leave it...

I have started investigating iometer tool features and hoping to get some clarifications on certain settings, I think only highly knowledgeable users who used iometer can give good/sound answer, please no guesswork or try this or something. - Once I start the iometer, I always see 32 workers...

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I have a 4x2gb set of Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 DIMMs (DDR2-6400 with XMP for +DDR2-1066) from an old computer that is no longer used. Before the computer was unusable, three out of four of the sticks stopped working- the timings were not readable, and a cold boot would not work with all...