Published work
Technical Analysis
More than 500 reviews, articles, guides and white papers, written to make storage technology legible and useful. 425 carry my byline and are listed below. The rest are white papers, press releases and technology-trend posts I wrote for enterprise SSD and server makers.
The archive
Overclock.net bylines, 2011
Every card opens the original.
22 stories, newest first.
- There Is No Difference Between SATA CablesDo you need a SATA 6Gb/s cable for a SATA 6Gb/s drive? No, and the SATA-IO spec says why. Written with CmosCmos.
- Storage Essentials ThreadThe index thread that gathered the forum’s storage guides, tools and benchmark threads in one place.
- Sean’s SSD Buyers Guide & Information ThreadWhich SSD to buy and why, with the basics of how SSDs work for first-time buyers.
Sean’s Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDsA step-by-step clean install of Windows 7 on an SSD, and which tweaks are worth making.
Sean’s Windows 8 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDsThe Windows 7 guide carried forward to Windows 8.
Sean’s SSD & HDD Troubleshooting GuideFixes for drives that vanish, slow down or refuse to boot.
How to: Secure Erase your Solid State Drive (SSD) with Parted MagicWhen a secure erase helps, when it does not, and how to run one.
Plextor M3 Series 128GB SSD Unboxing and ReviewAn early hands-on review of Plextor’s M3, posted for the forum before the big sites had it.- Storage Drivers, Utilities, and Firmware ThreadWhere to get every storage driver, vendor utility and firmware update.
SSD Interface Comparison: PCI Express vs SATAWhy SATA 6Gb/s had become the bottleneck for SSDs and what PCIe meant for buyers, with two reviews of the Plextor M6e.
Sean’s Data Backup Guide- How to: Verify TRIM Is Working in Windows
How to: Disk and Partition Cloning, Backup, Restoration, & Migration
How to: Set up and Utilize RAM Disks
How to: Properly Re-align Your SSD/HDD Partitions- How to: Change SATA Modes After Windows Installation
How to: Initialize and Format a New Disk for Use in Windows
How to: Set up Intel Smart Response Technology (SSD Caching)
How to: Validate New Drives Before Deployment
How to: Set up RAID
Optimize SSD Benchmark Performance
Review: Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Technician
From my author pages at Tom’s Hardware and The SSD Review, as of November 4, 2026. TechnologyX is offline, so its cards open the Internet Archive copies.
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