I'm upgrading from an old HDD to an SSD soon, and I'm a bit confused.
Do I need to clone the entire drive, or can I just transfer Windows to the SSD and leave everything else where it is?
What's the better approach?
A few days ago I asked here whether it was worth waiting for SSD prices to come down. Most people basically said don't count on it.
My old drive was almost full, so I finally gave in and bought a 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD for just under $200. As a student, that definitely hurt my wallet a bit, but I needed the extra space.
What did you pay for your current SSD? Did I buy at a terrible time, or is this just what we're all dealing with now?
I've been putting off upgrading my storage because SSD prices don't seem that great right now.
For those of you planning an upgrade this year, are you buying anyway or holding out for a better deal?
I kept seeing conflicting answers about Instagram View Once photos and videos, so I decided to test it myself.
If you've ever wanted to save a View Once photo/video but were worried about screenshot notifications, maybe this will help.
The good news: screenshots and screen recordings still capture the content normally (no black screen in my tests).
The bad news: notifications can definitely happen, and that can get awkward pretty quickly.
My test setup
Test #1: Using Instagram on a computer
I asked another friend to send View Once content while logged into Instagram on desktop.
I found that the desktop wasn't useful for this at all because View Once messages weren't available there.
Test #2: Screenshot vs Screen Recording
Results from my tests:
The weirdest result was definitely the View Once video screenshots. I expected notifications, but never got them during testing.
Myth I tested
I also saw people claiming that if you start screen recording before opening the View Once message, Instagram won't detect it.
At least on my device, that didn't work.
Instagram still detected the screen recording and showed the notification.
My takeaways
Obviously, this is only one set of devices and one app version, so your results may be different.
Has anyone tested this on Android recently? Do you see the same thing, or was this just a weird bug on my setup?
Hi everyone, I have a 512GB Samsung SSD, and I've been using it for a while. Right now I don't have much free space left, and I feel like my system has been getting slower for some time now.
So I'm wondering: do SSDs actually slow down when they are nearly full?
If it is related to SSD being full, how much free space do you usually keep to avoid performance issues or avoid any slowdown?
Just picked up a new SSD and now I'm looking for a free way to clone my existing drive.
There seem to be a lot of free cloning tools out there, but it's hard to tell which ones people actually trust.
What cloning software have you actually used successfully? I'd rather hear real experiences than marketing claims.
Maybe I'm missing something.
From what I can see, screen recorders already fall into a few categories:
Built-in tools
Free/Open-source
Commercial tools
etc.
As a user, it feels like there are already plenty of good options, especially free ones.
Yet I keep seeing new screen recording startups, indie developers, and companies entering this space.
So I'm genuinely curious: Where is the opportunity today?
Are people paying for AI features, editing workflows, simplicity, business use cases... or is the market still far from saturated?
Would love to hear from both users and developers.
hi guys,
I'm trying to screen record on Windows 10. It's a laptop with very basic performance. I mainly need to record some short tutorials.
I know Xbox Game Bar exists, but when I press Win + G nothing really happens on my PC, so I'm not sure if it's disabled or not working properly.
So I'm looking for an easy way to record my screen.
Ideally something that is:
free (or at least has a free version)
can record system audio + mic
simple to use (no complicated setup)
lightweight (I don't want it to slow my PC down too much)
What do people here usually use for this on Windows 10?
I need to pick up a new NVMe SSD and started comparing prices online.
What surprised me is how big the price difference can be between drives with the same capacity. For example, I was looking at a 2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus and a 2TB TeamGroup MP44, and the Samsung drive costs noticeably more where I'm shopping.
On paper, both seem fast enough for what I do, which is mostly gaming, storing files, and general everyday use. That's what got me wondering whether the brand itself really matters, or if I'm mostly paying extra for the name.
For those of you who have been using SSDs for a while, have you noticed a meaningful difference between brands in terms of reliability, lifespan, or real-world performance? Or has SSD technology reached a point where most reputable brands are basically fine?
Maybe a dumb question, but where are you guys buying SSDs these days?
Amazon is usually my default, but I keep seeing people mention used drives and refurbished deals. I even see used ones for almost half the price.
Never bought a second hand ssd before. Am I overthinking it or is it generally not worth the risk?
I'm looking for a drive mainly for long-term storage of photos, videos, and other files I don't access very often.
I'm leaning toward HDD simply because I can get a lot more capacity for the money right now.
But every time I search this topic, I see people saying modern SSDs are more reliable than HDDs, while others say SSDs aren't ideal for cold storage.
At this point I'm more confused than when I started researching.
My use case is pretty simple: store the files, plug the drive in occasionally to add new stuff or make sure everything is still there, and then put it back on the shelf.
What's making this difficult is that there seems to be a completely different answer depending on where you look. Some people say HDDs are still the safest option for long-term storage, while others claim SSDs have become reliable enough that they'd never go back.
I'm curious what people's actual experiences have been. Have your SSDs or HDDs held up over the years, or have you had one fail when you least expected it? If you needed to buy a drive today and planned to keep important files on it for the next several years, which way would you go?
Today my phone suddenly restarted while I was just chatting with someone, and honestly it kind of scared me a bit. Lately my iPhone 13 has also been getting pretty laggy and unusually hot sometimes.
I really don't want to replace my phone yet since I was hoping to keep it for at least another 2 years if possible. 😭
For those still using the iPhone 13, how long have you had yours and how's it holding up?