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The evolution of hard disk drives

From punch cards to SSDs

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Best deals of the week: 26 February

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News about hard drives

Article | 8/03/2012 How to Choose the Right NAS System for Your Business
We've put together a list of the most desirable features below, grouped into several broad categories. You may not need everything mentioned, though i...
Article | 9/08/2011 Seagate offers data recovery with hard drive purchase
Hard drive crashes are a nightmare for computer users for many reasons. Not only can data held dear to one's heart be lost, but trying to recover it c...
Article | 29/07/2011 5 more PC upgrade mistakes (and how to avoid them)
As PCs get more powerful and easier to use, the challenges involved with upgrading them have remained about the same. For the novice, a hard drive upg...
Article | 21/05/2011 Seagate GoFlex Satellite portable hard drive
The Seagate GoFlex Satellite hard drive takes the shackles off your tablet, freeing it to connect to a greater amount of storage capacity -- without h...
Article | 21/03/2011 TestDisk, PhotoRec fix disks, recover files
If you're a fan of character-based interfaces -- such as DOS -- and free data recovery, you're going to love TestDisk and its companion utility, Photo...

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Tutorials about hard drives

Article | 14/01/2010 Free up hard drive space, fast
Your hard drive is full. Normally that isn't such a big deal, but what if you need to grab a coworker's files before she leaves for a vacation, or wha...
Article | 13/01/2010 Disaster-proof your PC: image your drive
Last week I told you how to make a new computer hassle-free; to wit, I described how to create a system-repair disc, dump the junkware, and set up sec...
Article | 7/01/2010 How (and why) to partition your hard drive
Disk partitioning--separating one physical hard drive into multiple independent volumes--can relieve all sorts of computer-related headaches, and than...
Article | 1/12/2009 Freebie Disk2vhd creates virtual hard drive images
Free program Disk2vhd does exactly what it sounds like it will do: turn a partition into a virtual hard drive that you can load and even boot from usi...
Article | 26/11/2009 Securely wipe a dead hard drive
Hard drives almost always contain some potentially compromising information, such as credit card and social security numbers. You should always wipe a...

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Features about hard drives

Article | 7/01/2011 The evolution of hard disk drives
A punched card was once the basis for digital information used for computer programs and data storage. They were widely used throughout the first half...
Article | 22/07/2010 Acronis Drive Monitor Is S.M.A.R.T. about hard drives
Your hard disk is a time bomb, waiting to go off. If you're lucky, like most people, it will never detonate. But if you're unlucky, like some people, ...
Article | 15/07/2010 Lab notes: Kingston vs. VelociRaptor storage smackdown
It's time for a storage upgrade, but your budget won't bear the burden of both a blazing new VelociRaptor hard drive and an extra injection of Kingsto...
Article | 26/02/2010 Best deals of the week: 26 February
Best deals of the week: 26 February
Article | 30/12/2009 Portable hard drive round-up: the best pocket storage options
Good things come in small packages - and when it comes to storage, the saying couldn't be more true. No matter what size your data set is, you can fin...

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Reviews

Seagate GoFlex Satellite portable hard drive

Seagate GoFlex Satellite review: This portable hard drive is designed to interact with mobile devices, but using the associated iOS app is unsatisfying