Author Topic: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread (Read 990337 times)

Yisroel Tech · « **Reply #4260 on:** July 13, 2017, 06:47:38 PM »

Quote from: myi on July 13, 2017, 06:41:34 PM

When viewing my pictures from my camera(after having them put in a new folder on my computer), I have many pics which are side ways (as they were taken sideways) and I always sit there going through each picture flipping it, curios to know if there's a program or some keyboard shortcut to flip them all at the same time? (not each by itself.)
Thanks

Select all>right click>rotate. Not good enough?

gozalim · « **Reply #4261 on:** July 16, 2017, 03:22:26 AM »

Quote from: Yisroel Tech on February 06, 2017, 09:36:03 PM

Choose GPT, drives more than 2TB won't work normally with MBR.

ETA (to clarify my question):
I'm formatting a 2TB drive, any reason to choose GPT vs. MBR?

(in case it's relevant: this amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1NHCZT/ is going to run as a secondary (storage) drive,
main (OS) drive is SSD)

Saulius · « **Reply #4262 on:** July 16, 2017, 03:53:15 AM »

Quote from: gozalim on July 16, 2017, 03:22:26 AM

on a 2TB drive, any reason t choose 1 over the other?

(in case it's relevant: this is a secondary drive amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1NHCZT/
main drive is SSD)

Factors to consider:

Warranty: 2 years vs 5 years
RPM: 7200 RPM drive will deliver data about 33% faster than the 5400 RPM drive. (note: RPM is only relevant in non-SSD disks)
Hard Drive Cache: 64MB vs 128MB - Shouldn't make a difference unless you have a RAID environment or using ZFS file systems.

gozalim · « **Reply #4263 on:** July 16, 2017, 11:20:07 AM »

Quote from: Saulius on July 16, 2017, 03:53:15 AM

Factors to consider:

Warranty: 2 years vs 5 years
RPM: 7200 RPM drive will deliver data about 33% faster than the 5400 RPM drive. (note: RPM is only relevant in non-SSD disks)
Hard Drive Cache: 64MB vs 128MB - Shouldn't make a difference unless you have a RAID environment or using ZFS file systems.

see updated /clarified question above

Yisroel Tech · « **Reply #4264 on:** July 16, 2017, 11:48:31 AM »

Quote from: gozalim on July 16, 2017, 03:22:26 AM

ETA (to clarify my question):
I'm formatting a 2TB drive, any reason to choose GPT vs. MBR?

(in case it's relevant: this amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1NHCZT/ is going to run as a secondary (storage) drive,
main (OS) drive is SSD)

There are some reasons to choose GPT, and I don't see any reason why to choose MBR if you have a recent PC.

GPT is newer, and it is always better to use newer standards. Also, GPT has some pretty neat self-recovery tricks (boot data and partition data are stored in multiple places in GPT Partition structure, and GPT does checks on the data if it is corrupted), and also (not so common) you can have more than 4 real partitions.

gozalim · « **Reply #4265 on:** July 16, 2017, 12:26:03 PM »

Quote from: Yisroel Tech on July 16, 2017, 11:48:31 AM

There are some reasons to choose GPT, and I don't see any reason why to choose MBR if you have a recent PC.

GPT is newer, and it is always better to use newer standards. Also, GPT has some pretty neat self-recovery tricks (boot data and partition data are stored in multiple places in GPT Partition structure, and GPT does checks on the data if it is corrupted), and also (not so common) you can have more than 4 real partitions.

Thanks!

next question: the drive comes 'bare'. it mounts straight onto the SATA socket. Is that stable enough? does it need something to brace it in place?
the laptop presumably uses this 'case' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MEBP5UK HP sells it for ~$20 after S&H. Do I need that? is there a 'generic' case that does the same thing? should I just put some of the 'rubber tape' they sometimes have on these things?

Yisroel Tech · « **Reply #4266 on:** July 16, 2017, 12:53:46 PM »

Quote from: gozalim on July 16, 2017, 12:26:03 PM

next question: the drive comes 'bare'. it mounts straight onto the SATA socket. Is that stable enough? does it need something to brace it in place?
the laptop presumably uses this 'case' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MEBP5UK HP sells it for ~$20 after S&H. Do I need that? is there a 'generic' case that does the same thing? should I just put some of the 'rubber tape' they sometimes have on these things?

I'm not sure what you mean.

You bought a 2.5" hard drive for a desktop (that usually takes 3.5" hard drives)? If yes you should use a mounting bracket like this one https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Dual-Mounting-Bracket-CSSD-BRKT2/dp/B016498CK0/

gozalim · « **Reply #4267 on:** July 16, 2017, 12:54:10 PM »

Quote from: Yisroel Tech on July 16, 2017, 12:53:46 PM

I'm not sure what you mean.

You bought a 2.5" hard drive for a desktop (that usually takes 3.5" hard drives)? If yes you should use a mounting bracket like this one https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Dual-Mounting-Bracket-CSSD-BRKT2/dp/B016498CK0/

I installed it in a laptop. trying to figure out if it needs any additional 'securing'.

Yisroel Tech · « **Reply #4268 on:** July 16, 2017, 12:56:46 PM »

Quote from: gozalim on July 16, 2017, 12:54:10 PM

laptop

Oh. And what do you replace this with? Didn't the old hard drive have this caddy?

gozalim · « **Reply #4269 on:** July 16, 2017, 12:57:39 PM »

Quote from: Yisroel Tech on July 16, 2017, 12:56:46 PM

Oh. And what do you replace this with? Didn't the old hard drive have this caddy?

no. the comp came with an m2 drive installed. I'm supplementing with this

Yisroel Tech · « **Reply #4270 on:** July 16, 2017, 01:07:43 PM »

Quote from: gozalim on July 16, 2017, 12:57:39 PM

no. the comp came with an m2 drive installed. I'm supplementing with this

Oh. I don't think leaving it bare is that bad.

gozalim · « **Reply #4271 on:** July 16, 2017, 01:09:17 PM »

Quote from: Yisroel Tech on July 16, 2017, 01:07:43 PM

Oh. I don't think leaving it bare is that bad.

thanks

Boruch999 · « **Reply #4272 on:** July 18, 2017, 12:52:42 PM »

I have an HHD that I took out of an old laptop to preserve access to the data on it. I bought a case from China and its a bit basic but seems to work. I connected it to my computer via USB and windows recognizes it as a local drive. I want to unplug it. Do I need to unmount it or something?

avromie7 · « **Reply #4273 on:** July 18, 2017, 01:10:17 PM »

Quote from: Boruch999 on July 18, 2017, 12:52:42 PM

I have an HHD that I took out of an old laptop to preserve access to the data on it. I bought a case from China and its a bit basic but seems to work. I connected it to my computer via USB and windows recognizes it as a local drive. I want to unplug it. Do I need to unmount it or something?

It's a good idea to eject it.