HARD DRIVES

WD announced the second-generation of its highly popular and environmentally friendly WD Caviar Green™ desktop hard drives, which feature the company’s GreenPower™ technology to significantly reduce power consumption, compared with standard hard drives. The new platform is based on WD’s 333 GB/platter technology with 32 MB cache, producing capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1 [...]

Get comfy, BioShock PS3 fans, because your game will require a 5GB, 10-minute mandatory install. You might want to go make a sandwich. Clear some space on your couch and your hard drives, PS3 owners, because there's another rather lengthy, rather mandatory install coming your way.This one arrives on October 24 with the PS3 version of BioShock, which requires a 5GB install, or roughly 10 minutes o

Western Digital today announced the addition of 750GB and 1GB RE3 SATA hard drives to its enterprise lineup. The new drives boast a beefy 32MB cache buffer, enhanced vibration and shock tolerance, and what the company claims are "new electronics to increase performance approximately 20 percent and by as much as 60 percent in high-vibration environments."Rounding out the feature-set are a several m

If you own a laptop, it might be useful for you to learn about the hard drive in the machine. The reason is that many hard drives might need to be upgraded for increased speed or capacity, or they might fail at some point. We will explore 5 things you need to know about laptop hard drives so that you can upgrade or replace your hard drive if there is ever a need. Remember, laptop hard drives ar

If you own a laptop, it might be useful for you to learn about the hard drive in the machine. The reason is that many hard drives might need to be upgraded for increased speed or capacity, or they... Read more on

Hitachi have today detailed two new CinemaStar hard drives – namely the CinemaStar 7K1000.B and the CinemaStar 5K320 - offering capacities up to 1TB which, according to Hitachi’s press release, are aimed specifically for use with digital video recorders (DVRs) and set-top boxes and which boast motors optimised for both ... [This is a content summary only. Please visit TFTS for the full articl

For years hard drives have been problematic for some. Breakdowns and file fragmentation are major concerns that affect or could affect all users. Since hard drives have moving parts, they are prone to mechanical failure. File fragmentation can lead to a performance issue as the hard drive needs to move its read/write head to find the pieces of a file. A new type of hard drive that is gaining more

I’ve all but gutted my first Hackintosh — the Celeron D-powered war horse and by doing so, I saved myself some cash. While everyone’s running to buy the wireless Time Capsule device, I only have one machine i really need to back up and that’s my HackBook Pro I use at the office. Why waste [...]

Hard drives currently on the market for PCs have capacities in the tens of gigabytes and data densities of a few tens of gigabytes per square inch with 100 Gbits/sq. in. expected in the next generation. The use of magnetic nanoparticles offers the potential of terabyte drives, as does the patterned media approach being pursued by IBM and General Electric. Interestingly, this latter approach is bei

WD today launched its new line of WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM 3.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance desktop, workstation and multi-drive systems. Available in capacities of 750GB and 1TB, WD Caviar Black hard drives are part of a new family of WD product categories designed to simplify the buying experience for customers [...]

As far as making sure that you do not overload your primary hard drive with assorted programs and files you need, if you have a partitioned your hard disk, try to use them. This saves you a lot of problems especially if you talk about speed when you use your computer. Just like us, a [...]

These days identity theft is big business. There are a multitude of ways that a bad guy can get your personal data for his gain. Among these methods is your old computer hardware. Particularly the hard drive in your old computer. Most people would say that wiping the HDD will be enough. Programs like Darik's Boot and Nuke are incredibly good at removing all the data on your old drives. But if you

Plextor has a new couple of NAS drives for network storage, the StorX PX-NAS500L and PX-NAS1000L which offers 500GB and 1TB capacity respectively. Each drives features gigabit LAN port, one-touch USB backup button, pair of USB 2.0 port, and ability to operate over GigaLAN networks. Both of drives will be available from early June 2008 [...]

Following on from the increasing trend to offer peripherals in all manner of colours, and hot on the heels of even the likes of Microsoft embracing the idea that colour choice is indeed a selling point, Western Digital have announced a new range of colour schemes for their My Passport Essential 320GB, 250GB, 160GB and 120GB external portable hard drives.

CheckDrive offers you an easy way to check your hard drives for errors. CheckDrive may detect and fix hard drive errors that might appear on system crashes or when switching off your PC without a proper Windows shutdown. If you ever had a system crash then CheckDrive is for you.

Across the world, instances of data loss continue to rise, thus complicating the process of hard drive data recovery and making this a process of utmost importance. Sadly, there are two types of computer users in this world: those who understand the computer system because they respect the work it does for them and those who don't care to know the details as long as work gets done. Whether you belong to either of the categories, it is important to read this discussion because it would give you the confidence to deal with a major disaster relating to hard drive data loss. As the storage space for IDE drives increased, the prices hit almost rock bottom following which the hard drive manufacturers explored ways to bring down the production costs of these mass storage mediums. The end result is that more data is being stored in smaller spaces. Today's hard drives are competent to store about 500 times the data stored on the drives of computer hard drives systems two decades earlier. Wit

By: Elmo Kandel One thing is for sure, the hard drive is something that no computer can be without. In fact, when you are looking to upgrade your computer or buy a new one you should use the hard drive as one of the most important considerations to follow. There are all types of affordable hard drives to choose from though. These will help to not only give your computer a place for its data to be stored but they will be useful in that you will not have to spend more money than you need to.The first thing to consider when finding affordable hard drives is the capacity of the hard drive. While larger hard drives have become the way to go for some computers these days the more affordable hard drives are going to be the ones that have lower levels of data capacity. A hard drive that fits 250GB of data will certainly cost less than that of an 800GB hard drive.Another thing to consider for the affordable hard drive is the USB capability. Some hard drives will only be able to be used inside o

Storage: Iomega Launches "Affordable" 320GB and 500GB Home Network Hard Drives: "This morning, Iomega pushes hard to make network-attached storage more common in the home by launching a couple of Ethernet-equipped drives that are priced close to their USB-only siblings. There's a 320GB drive that lists for $149, and a 500GB drive going for $199. (A 360GB version should be available next month for $149 as well.) These may not be the very best deals out there, but they're definitely in the running.They're not slouches, performance wise, housing 7200 RPM SATA-II hard drives with 8MB cache. You may be sad to hear that the built-in Ethernet is 10/100, not gigabit, but almost like a tradeoff, each drive also has a USB 2.0 port for local connections. My biggest concern is how well they perform in the home of a total network neophyte. With all the talk of sending network drives home, Iomega hopefully prepared with some nice getting-started software, or at least a well-caffeinated tech-suppo

Western Digital have gone that extra mile and have recently topped off their entire range of external hard drives with a huge 2 Terabytes of storage, as if to say the previous 1.5 Terabytes weren’t enough. “The explosive growth in devices that create rich multimedia content from digital cameras to music players to digital video camcorders continues to drive consumers’ insatiable demand for more storage capacity.” “The popular My Book family of external drives delivers peace of mind in a simple solution that can provide remote access, sharing, protection and storing of precious files” said Jim Welsh, vice president of Western Digital’s branded products. It’s going to take a pretty substantial amount of effort to come close to filling them drives, which is somewhat pleasing. The 2TB versions of the drives are currently priced between $749 and $799 specifically dependant on the model. Details, on the link. How long will it be before we sta

Seagate has announced two hard drives for consumer and enterprise markets, the Barracuda 7200.11 and Barracuda ES.2 hard drives.  The new hard drives use Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR), spin at 7,200 RPM, 32 MB of cache, and Seagate’s renowned  five-year limited warranty.  The new drives are designed to lower operating temperatures as well as power consumption to increase overall drive longevity and lower decibel ratings from the drives.  Along with quite a few newer technologies, Seagate has announced the new drives to have a higher sustained transfer rate of 105MB/s, the highest to date. Expect to see the new drives in the third quarter at a price of approximately $400. Source: Seagate

by John Wally SmithSolid State Disks(drive) - SSDRugged laptops use Solid State Disk (SSD) as hard drives instead of the usual conventional disks. Hard drives used in rugged laptops are not regular hard drives, with spinning platters. Solid state disks use non-volatile memory such as flash or volatile memory such as SDRAM.Non-volatile memory SSDs retain memory even during sudden power outages, ensuring data retrievability, a good advantage when you are using rugged laptops that you operate in difficult situations.SSDs don’t have any moving parts, so they tend to be more solid and at the same time more silent than regular disks. An other thing that makes a SSD stand out of the rest of the regular hard drives is the price, which is significantly higher than the rest.Using a SSD is more secure from this point of view than a regular disk. A regular disk can only be protected from vibrations and shocks by some procedures such as wrapping the hard drive with a soft, thin, pliable, jell-lik

Samsung has announced 80GB and 160GB flavours of its new 3.5” SpinPoint S166 Series of ultra silent and high-speed hard disk drives. The S166 Series has a spindle speed of 7,200RPM, provides an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A number of people have asked about upgrading iPod hard drives — what to buy, how to prepare, and how to perform the upgrade — so here are all the technical details. If you’ve never worked inside an iPod before, this is certainly an advanced tutorial, but don’t let that scare you. Working slowly and methodically, you too can upgrade your iPod and store even more music, photos, and videos. Read on… Via: Command-tab.com

Seagate claims that it has developed the fastest hard drive ever. The new Savvio 15K is the first 2.5" SAS enterprise hard drive which uses 15,000 rpm speed. According to Seagate, there will be two... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]