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I'll give you that much, to be sure, but what about MTBF or other parameters such as percentage of physical failure rate? Manufacturers provide MTBF, which can be useful, but determining rates of physical failure between makes, or even within makes, is a unicorn hunt. Name all the 'Big' makers...

A paltry sum, @stratman . 28GB is less than the majority of recent HDDs and SSDs provide, by a huge amount. I'd suggest you check those figures again.

Any advice to offer on similar, from a crashed HDD? I've a Seagate 2TB drive which failed suddenly, which is why I've recently moved to SSDs. I've been trying the Linux 'ddrescue' utility to recover, but it's been some time now, and I'm unable to confirm if I have a persistent memory on the USB...

If I'm remembering correctly, this article had something to offer about that. Even though the content is from 2013, it's a very informative read about longevity and endurance of SSDs. And because it dates from about 6 years ago, I'd expect the industry has improved on many of the points mentioned.

I did nothing, other than inserting and removing drives as recommended by the instructional pamphlet. The design failed me, not the operation. Whether I received a product failed to doom or I misused it, I'll probably never know.

Yes, that's how eSATA was designed to operate. If the motherboard supports it, it's a direct-connect option to SATA ports, intended for hot-swapping of devices, most notably, hard and optical drives. My tower system, which I built, has a front-panel eSATA connection, as well as one on the rear...

That's the one I have too, although I haven't used it for over a year. It's kinda large & bulky, collects dust readily, the flipper door for 3.5" drives broke, power switch is cumbersome, and it's just stupid-large compared to my system-mounted drive dock.

All fine and good, but I would ask you: WHY do you feel the need to 'benchmark' your stuff? Seriously, if the system does what you want it to do, within reasonable time-frames, what's the point or even the goal of such testing regimens? Hell, I'm running a Core i7 3770K, not overclocked, with...

My desktop/tower system also has eSATA capability, as does an external drive dock I own. I've never tried the connection. It was intended as an easy way to hot-swap drives, but the market failed to provide the devices as intended, so it's fallen out of favor. The USB infrastructure is far more...

Yes, I forgot that one. Good call. I used a MSDN key for my Windows XP installations successfully, several times, across many different hardware builds. I tried Windows 8-something on my laptop as shipped, for about one hour, gave up on it, and promptly installed 7 out of contemptuous disdain...

Nothing would stop them, actually. But then again, it's entirely optional, since at least Win7, to enter a key anyway. Windows will install and function, but no key entered will simply prevent typical changes such as desktop images and common user customizations, as well as displaying the...

I understand the desire for speedy transfers, but is it absolutely critical for you to achieve the fastest-possible? Remember that a system's motherboard and its components make a gigantic difference between theoretical and actual capability. In fact, your own system(s) used for...

None, and No. It's UEFI, by the way. It is a customized bit of code given to me by a high-volume system builder friend. It was developed & created to make the Win7 installation process less time-consuming by similar builders, who build to-order systems. It allows the builder to assemble the...

Yeah, it just feels like I've been late to the game. :( I got the printer with a low-count pack of paper, and I'm extremely pleased with it, but after learning about some of those absolutely insane offers from Canon directly, I wanna get in on that! Obviously not an annual thing, and the best...

I'd probably only do the printer again if my finances were more flush. As it is, I've read about Buy-One-Get-9-Free offers on the paper from Canon directly, stuff like that. That's what I'd really like to get in on. I check their web store from time to time, but there's been nothing coming...

Yep, super-old topic, I know. :eek: Okay, so, how can I find these deals? I got a pack of Pro Luster 8.5x11 with my printer, and I love it, but I want more! I'm not willing to spend roughly $15/US on the packs, and I see these mega-sales mentioned in the past. Nothing in recent times. Does...

Blech. :tongue Salty, greasy, and awful. Cheese + Pepperoni = greasy, salty, and horrible. Children love it; I hate it. Bland, boring, lousy and over-salty. Cheap, too, which is why it's the most popular. Nawp. Load mine up with a flavorful sauce, mushrooms, sausage, onions, black olives...

It needn't be the Enterprise, or even VLK(Volume Licensing Key) editions. I've used such a tool in the past, for Windows XP. While it may be a bit changed since then, I recall successfully using it to create an XP installation to include a few of my smaller programs, unattended, but with the XP...

I don't believe it's a software which is distributed to consumers, but rather, it's one that allows "branding" by high-volume builders upon installation: ASUS, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, Medion, Lenovo, Sony, Fujitsu, etc... As long as the motherboard's BIOS communicates the...

I suppose not. The only scenario that then seems to fit is that my installation checked for my system's 'digital fingerprint' as currently already valid in a MS database somewhere, eliminating any need for my input during the process.