Hard Drive Geek

CrystalDiskInfo Showing ‘Caution’: 3 Data Points To Check Immediately

by Mike July 9, 2018 0

I’ve been where you are. You’ve just opened up CrystalDiskInfo and it’s showing an amber Caution warning next to one of your hard drives, now what do you do? Is […]

Current Pending Sector Count Warning: What You Need To Know

by Mike July 9, 2018 0

CrystalDiskInfo showing a caution warning for you drive and highlighting ID C5 Current Pending Sector Count? Here’s what you need to know about this S.M.A.R.T attribute: What does Current Pending […]

Reallocated Sectors Count: What It Means For Your Hard Drive

by Mike July 6, 2018 0

If S.M.A.R.T data for your hard drive is showing a number other than 0 next to “ID 05 Reallocated Sector Count”, I’m going to be up front and let you […]

Safe SSD Operating Temperature: Is Your SSD Running Too Hot?

by Mike July 5, 2018 0

Despite the lack of moving parts, hence the name solid state drives, SSDs can get hot, really hot. If you don’t pay attention to high temperature readings from your SSD […]

I'm Mike, and I like storage!

I own ~80TB of storage across internal & external hard drives/SSDs. Some would say I have a problem, they're probably right.

My drive addiction spills into my work where I'm a System Administrator who has to keep servers online and data flowing across the web.

Recent Posts

  • CrystalDiskInfo Showing ‘Caution’: 3 Data Points To Check Immediately
  • Current Pending Sector Count Warning: What You Need To Know
  • Reallocated Sectors Count: What It Means For Your Hard Drive
  • Safe SSD Operating Temperature: Is Your SSD Running Too Hot?