Questions tagged [hard-drive]
A hard drive (hard disk, hard disk drive, or HDD) is a piece of computer hardware capable of storing data magnetically on a spinning platter (or platters) coated with a magnetic material.
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Can I transfer saved data from my old PS3 hard drive to my new PS3?
A while ago, my PS3 completely broke. Every time I turn it on, it just completely shuts down a few seconds later. I decided to buy a new ps3 to play my old games. The problem is that I don't have my ...
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Install Steam and most games in one large HDD but some popular games on a separate SSD [duplicate]
I have a 1 TB HDD and a 120 GB SSD. On the HDD I have all my data along with Steam and—currently—all my games. On the SSD I have Windows 7 and programs, but there's 50 GB of unused space that I wish ...
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If I stick a blank hard drive into my PS3 will it work?
On Christmas Day 2010 my PS3 stopped reading discs so I bought a new one, took the hard drive out of the old one, wiped/formatted it and used it as a portable hard drive.
But today I've found a ...
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What's the total size of all games I have on Steam?
I have a lot of games on Steam, far more than my puny hard drive can hold at once. However, in the future I may want to store all of them locally.
Is there any way to figure out about how much hard ...
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Can I backup or restore my old PS3 hard drive to a new PS3?
My PS3 just YLOD'd. I'm hoping its just a temporary overheating issue and if I just leave it off and unplugged for the day I can get it back on long enough to eject the game disc and backup the hard ...
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Can I install PS3 games on an external hard drive?
I have a PS3 Super Slim with 12 GB of flash. I need to expand its storage to install games.
On the net, I found contrasting opinions: I know I need a disk formatted in FAT32, but I don't understand ...
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For PC gaming on external storage, should I use Flash or HDD (hard disk drive)?
I will be playing PC games on external memory via a USB 3.0 connection. Ignoring price and memory capacity differences, which of these options is better for gameplay purposes?:
a Flash USB (generally ...
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Is hard disk also responsible for game performance?
Me and my friend have same laptop. Both have the same specifications, but a game's performance on his laptop is lag free. Well, the only difference is in our hard drives. He has a hard drive which is ...
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Internal PS3 HDD Replacement
Is there any limit as to what size/type of hard drive you can replace in the Playstation 3?
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Can I use a HDD on my PS3 if I have already used another on the same console?
I'm thinking of changing the Hard Disk of my PS3 (Slim 120GB), but I am unsure of what will happen to the data on the one I previously had if I do this:
PS3 has some data in the HDD.
I turn off PS3, ...
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Is it possible to move a hard drive with Steam games to a new computer?
I've seen a lot of questions asking somewhat the reverse of this question, namely copying games from one PC to another to avoid downloading. My question is can I just remove my entire hard drive from ...
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Can I safely sell an Xbox 360 with XBLA games on the HDD?
Or will the buyer be able to find all of my payment information and stuff?
Obviously, my personal gamertag has been deleted.
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Will Skyrim work properly if mods and main files are split over two HDDs?
I would like to know if anyone has experience running skyrim and it's mods across two separate data drives. I am upgrading my rig to a solid state, but it is only 500GB. If I want to play a game like ...
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