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Hard drives: a pictorial history review
Reviews The original 1956 hard disk drive, known as the RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), stored only 5 megabytes of data on 50 disks, 24 inches in diameter. Later drives encapsulated the head inside the drive.
[September 13, 2006, 15:10]
Nuggets: Data to go with ultra mini hard drives
News Designed for highly mobile data-maniacs, LaCie have brought out three whopping new versions of its PocketDrive portable hard drive. The drives feature both a FireWire controller and a USB controller. Ideal for sharing stuff between computers...
[January 12, 2000, 12:29]
Dual-Stage Servo Systems and Vibration Compensation in Computer Hard Disk Drives
White Papers The second is the instrumentation of disk drive suspensions with vibration sensing strain gages, in order to enhance airflow-induced suspension vibration suppression in hard disk drives. This paper discusses two mechatronic innovations in magnetic...
[August 23, 2007, 1:00]
Old hard drives yield data bonanza
News The research indicates that the market for used hard drives is flooded with devices brimming with confidential information that could be exploited. Lots of people know it is important to clean drives before you repurpose them, but few people do it...
[January 16, 2003, 8:55]
Samsung developing 2cm hard drives
News Samsung is joining the ranks of companies making tiny hard drives, with a device under development that will have a disk that measures just over 2cm in diameter. The massive cell phone market is seen as a potential new arena for hard drives.
[September 30, 2004, 11:05]
Samsung flash chip threatens hard drives?
News Samsung has developed a new computer flash technology with so much capacity it could replace mini hard drives in some PCs, the company said on Monday. But Samsung's top brass are touting the new small-size, large-capacity device as an alternative...
[September 13, 2005, 9:30]
Start-up creates tiny hard drives for gadgets
News The Longmont, Colorado-based start-up has developed a 1.5GB, 1-inch diameter hard drive for consumer-electronics devices that the company says will be cheaper, smaller and hold more data than some other mini-hard drives or flash-memory cards.
[June 4, 2003, 7:28]
Seagate touts new line of hard drives
News Seagate has also said it plans to move into the market for flash-based hard drives. The company now sells only hard drives that store data on magnetic platters. This year, we will do $1bn in backup drives at retail.
[September 6, 2007, 8:06]
Xbox will use Seagate hard drives
News Seagate has been chosen to supply hard drives for Xbox, Microsoft's forthcoming video games console. In a press release Tuesday Seagate announced that the hard drives will be from its entry-level range rather than its more expensive models.
[November 8, 2000, 15:31]
Seagate to make flash-based hard drives
News Seagate Technology, the number-one maker of magnetic hard drives, will start manufacturing hard drives based around flash memory, according to its chief executive officer Bill Watkins. Magnetic hard drives have been a crucial component for servers...
[August 23, 2007, 16:33]
Seagate ships virus-infected hard drives
News Some Seagate hard drives infected with a virus have been sent to users. Seagate said that antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab had discovered the existence of a virus on some of its Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 hard drives.
[November 14, 2007, 7:29]
A half-century of hard drives review
Reviews Here's a brief look at some notable hard drives in history Commercially, this is when hard drives take off. Although the size, capacity and internal electronics of hard drives have changed massively, the basic principles remain the same as they...
[September 13, 2006, 15:10]
Samsung and Seagate release hard drives
News Samsung and Seagate have released a collection of hard drives that demonstrates the huge choice now available. On Tuesday, Samsung announced three hard drives: a 1.8-inch 120GB model, a 3.5-inch 1TB drive and a 2.5-inch, 120GB "hybrid" drive that...
[June 20, 2007, 16:06]
ArcGIS Software Deployment Using External Hard Drives
White Papers The last and most recent release (ArcGIS 9.1) was accomplished using 80-gigabyte external hard drives loaded with all ESRI software commonly used in USGS. It's anticipated that the 200 external hard drives acquired for the deployment of version 9.1...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
External USB HDD Backups: Using BackupAssist With External USB Hard Drives
White Papers This backup file can be saved to a hard drive, DVD/CD, USB Memory Stick, USB Hard Drive or Network Storage Device, enabling users to perform their backups using BackupAssist when a tape drive is unavailable With the advent of USB 2.0 and storage...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
Seagate launches hard drives with encryption
News Seagate Technology on Monday plans to announce the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with Seagate's new hard drive that has built-in encryption technology. The Seagate drives are equipped with the company's new "DriveTrust" technology, which...
[March 12, 2007, 8:37]
The Quantum Leap Within Hard Disk Drives
White Papers This paper provides a brief architecture description, the main problems of modern hard disk drives, methods of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) servicing and repairs of simple malfunctions, SMART, passwords. The authors warn regular users of personal...
[October 5, 2006, 0:00]
Terabyte hard drives are ready
News Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. The two companies, along with others, will tout their new drives at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las...
[January 5, 2007, 7:44]
Raising the Bar for Video Surveillance With Barracuda ES Hard Drives
White Papers Determined to find the best available hard drives for its surveillance solutions, Steelbox evaluated a variety of products from several leading storage vendors. Following extensive review, Steelbox standardized on Seagate hard drives in 2005.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Backing Up to External Hard Drives
White Papers This white paper talks about backing up external hard drives. Backing up to external hard drives can be cost-effective, easy-to-manage strategy, which provides for onsite/offsite media rotation, allowing companies to store vital data in a secure...
[May 18, 2009, 8:57]
