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My PC has two 2TB HDDs. A 5+ year old Seagate HDD from my previous computer and a Toshiba HDD bought alongside my current PC. I had been hearing the clicking noises for some time now, and finally I've gotten the "smart status bad backup and replace press f1 to run setup" screen for my old HDD. I'm not surprised since I was expecting this to happen soon anyway, but I don't really need to backup anything (I don't have any important stuff in it). So I simply decided to unplug it, but as soon as I did and restarted the pc, it said that i had an invalid boot device selected and that I have to reselect and try again. So I'm like "???" because I was pretty sure the boot priority was set as Toshiba HDD and then DVD-RW. I thought that, by the minuscule chance, I had unplugged the wrong hard drive, but when I swapped them, the SMART bad status reappeared, so I was sure of it. I am really confused as to why this is happening. I am absolutely sure that my OS is installed on the Toshiba drive and yet this is happening. Oh, and if I press F1, the BIOS menu opens up. My motherboard is an Asus P8H77-V LE. For the time being, I escaped the problem by reinstalling Windows on the same drive partition, but I still want to know what had happened.

Alright, R6220 it is, then. With the router choosing out of the way, just a few quick questions to finish this: >AC750 routers are made only to have T100 ports in both WAN and LAN because even if their 5Ghz band supports more than 400 Mbps, various other technical and environmental factors would decrease it to approximately 100 Mbps anyway. Am I wrong? >Will AC1200 Gigabit routers allow me to transfer data among my home devices at (near) gigabit speeds through the LAN ports even if my ISP provides less than 100Mbps internet? Like, does my internet down/up transfer rate have any relation to my LAN speeds? >Does antenna orientation/tilt matter in distorting/diverting the WiFi "sphere"?

Right! I remember Linus talking about something like that in his Techquickie videos. Of course, I'm assuming the more the XxY gets, the more expensive it gets, so... would you know any routers that provide 2x1? I have little room for upgrades and I can't seem to find exactly where I can find these written out. The most I can find is the clear difference between SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO certifications. Hmm, that does seem pretty good. But I'm afraid my country (or at least, some popular/trusted retailers) doesn't seem to sell HooToo routers. The most available are TP-Link ones, followed by (not ordered) Netgear, Asus and D-Link (of course there are a few others, but not many of them are available). My alternatives were the Netgear R6120 and the R6220 routers. Of course I know that more is better in this sense, but attempting to keep the budget as low as possible and considering the things I've mentioned, which would you suggest among the three? Oh, and no, I don't have the habit of transferring data across devices. I just keep large files stored on one external hard drive like the old fashioned way lol.

Btw an additional note is that my current router is an Asus RT-N10E (an N150 router). Nah, I'm basically unwilling to spend more than $45 on a router atm. The most I ever got was 40 Mbps, so I don't really need it. 3rd world country problems. ? Thanks tho. But could you elaborate on what T100 ports are? Is the information that it allows 100 Mbps transfers the only thing to know about it or is there something more? My router sits atop my bookshelf, which rests on my desk where I use my laptop (and at other times, on my bed) so I'd say I get practically no signal degradation. The main issue is when I (my family members actually) get near the edge of my house. The main reason I want to shift to a new router is so that they can get an uninterrupted connection. My house is between 1200-1300 square feet (111.5-120.8 square meters) and my router is positioned slightly offset from the center towards the area where less people sit. Adding to that, there's like 4 walls from it and the furthest point at most, plus some humidity. None of my neighbors use any 5Ghz channel, so I was assuming they'd get a fairly uninterrupted connection even if they say the 5Ghz spectrum has less range by default. Could you elaborate? Does it mean 1-to-1 connections versus.... idk, something? Or...? Again, none of my neighbors use 5 Ghz, so I'm safe in that regard.

So I was browsing for a new router to buy and I'm basically almost 100% decided on the Netgear R6020, when I suddenly noticed something odd in their Tech Specs. In the WiFi Performance section they say it's an AC750, meaning I'll get a 400+ Mbps capability for the 5Ghz spectrum, but then later on in the Number of Ethernet Ports section they say, and I quote, "Five (5) 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports (1 WAN & 4 LAN)". Does this section mean that I can get only get upto 100 Mbps input from my ISP or the router can output to my devices at 100Mbps through an ethernet cable? My gut tells me it's the latter or else it would be false advertising from Netgear. But if that is so, doesn't it mean my wireless transfers will be faster than wired performance? Or am I completely off the mark? Routers are probably where I'm least knowledgeable in when it comes to hardware shopping and I thought I had, at least, the important stuff figured out, but then I see this. Any help? Side note: Do not suggest gigabit routers as the internet speeds I get from my ISP is less than 100 Mbps anyway, so I'm most prolly gonna stick to buying this one. I simply wish to know what these specs are telling me, plus any additional information any of you guys wish to share that I should know about routers.

what do i make of this?

just tried CrystalDiskMark test and i have no idea how to translate this data

Exactly what the title says, I'm getting really low transfer speeds in my everyday use. At first i thought it was my external HDD but now I tried copying something from my internal HDD to my SSD, but it's still the same. I use a Lenovo Legion Y720 laptop and have an ADATA NH03 3TB ext HDD. This is the transfer (copying) I get from my 2TB int HDD to SSD Previously I tried copying gigabytes of videos to my ext HDD and found that the speeds are still around the same value through USB 3.0. I tried - enabling better performance and write caching from device manager - disabling USD selective suspend while plugged in - installing a USD driver from the Lenovo support (but that was probably a thunderbolt driver. it said Thunderbolt USB which made it confusing for me) And finally to test if there was something wrong with the HDD themselves i tried using HD Tune to test it out and here are the results. For my int HDD: And for my ext HDD: So, unless I'm doing the wrong tests, there isn't anything wrong with my hard drives, but I'm still getting less than 50 MB/s transfer speeds??? What's going on? And how do I fix this? :'(