How to add a hard drive in XP or Vista
Why is my drive displaying a slightly less than expected capacity?
What makes a hard drive fast?
Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked!
To prevent Flash/USB External HD and CD/DVD drive letter overlap, change your CD/DVD to a high letter such as R:
How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP
Why Dynamic Disk is bad
Backup:
Acronis TrueImage
Clonezilla
Cobian
DriveImage XML
Macrium ReflectFree
Norton Ghost
Paragon Drive Backup Express
Seagate Disc Wizard - Freeware Acronis TI for Seagate drives.
Data Recovery - Did Your Hard Drive Die?
Active@ UNDELETE
Badcopy
Diskdigger
GetDataBack
FreeUndelete
Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro
PC Inspector File Recovery
Recover My Files
Recuva
Restoration
Undelete Plus
WinUndelete
Copy and Sync Tools
FastCopy
Killcopy
Richcopy
SyncExpert
SyncToy (requires .NET framework)
Teracopy
Toucan
Unstoppable Copier
YCopy
Compression Tools
7-Zip
IZArc
jZip
PeaZip
WinRar
WinZip
Encryption Tools
AxCrypt
TrueCrypt
Hard Drive Diagnostics:
Fujitsu
Hitachi/IBM
Samsung (New)
Seagate
Western Digital
HDD Diag Updates: TackTech
OnTrack Jumper Viewer
What is SMART?
Norton GoBack Boot CD image
Hard Drive Partition Tools
Bootitng
EASEUS
Paragon Partition Manager Express
Partition Logic
Ranish Partition Manager
SwissKnife
TestDisk Partition Table Recovery
Zeleps Partition Resizer
Hard Drive Defrag Tools
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Defraggler
JKDefrag - Portable version
UltimateDefrag
Hard Drive Erasing Tools
DBAN - Darik's Boot and Nuke
Eraser
KillDisk
Zap
Drive Space Tools
Drivespacio
Folder Size
Folder Size in detail view
Sequoiaview
Drive Setup
Hitachi/IBM Jumper Settings - For SATAII compatibility, you must download Feature Tool
Seagate SATAII Compatibility Jumper Setting
Western Digital SATAII Compatibility Jumper Setting
Operating System and BIOS limitations - 137GB, 32GB, 8.4GB
Having trouble installing Win2K or XP on a SATA or RAID drive? - provided by: BipolarBill
Bought a new Western Digital or IBM drive? Read this! - provided by: BipolarBill
Low Level Formatting
Independent Master/Slave Device Timing
Western Digital Advanced Format Utility (for 4K sectors)
File Systems
NTFS FAQ
NTFS vs. FAT
Limitations of FAT32 File System
RAID
RAID @ Wikipedia
RAID Definitions
RAID Explained - provided by: Jakk
Is RAID0 worth it?
Storage Review - RAID guide
SATA
Everything You Need to Know About Serial ATA
Serial ATA Quick Tutorial
SATA II Misconceptions
CD and DVD
CD Filters Fix
What is DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R DL?
THG -LabelFlash versus Lightscribe
Miscellaneous
Add a Drive Icon to your Flash drive
U3 Removal tool
Flash Drives - System Restore Fix
Read this if your flash drive seems to be filling up too quickly.
'Deathstar' fix - provided by: Jakk