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Showing posts with label HDD. Show all posts

Fix Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

“A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.”
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or the Stop error is the most infamous catastrophic Windows error ever. It is generally caused by faulty device drivers(software) or hardware failure. Most Windows PC users have faced this problem every once in a while and in most situations users try to fix the problem by reformatting and reinstalling the Operating System (OS). But this fix doesn’t work always. Here I am providing a comprehensive list of steps to fix BSOD.

Step 1: BSOD is occurring randomly or you can reproduce the error in specific situations.

The Downfall of Seagate Hard Disk Drives

Seagate
Seagate was once one of the most reputed and trusted brand for hard disk drives (HDD). Seagate HDDs were both fast and reliable. I myself have trusted and recommended the brand for years. But ever since their notorious firmware problem with the Barracuda 7200.11 series, which prevents the HDD to be detected by system BIOS, I have lost my faith in Seagate. Although there are four major bugs