The hard drive is a device that is used for reading/writing digital data. It is a general section of every computer. The HDD keeps all the information we have. The hard drive might basically be separated into 2 general pieces – the mechanic one and the electronic one. The mechanical part of the hard drive [...]
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What is eSATA?
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, Interfaces, Introductions
External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or eSATA is an external interface for SATA technologies. It competes with FireWire 400 and universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 to provide fast data transfer speeds for external storage devices. SATA replaced ATA legacy technology as the next generation internal bus interface for hard drives. The SATA interface is more [...]
Tags: eSATA·external port·external storage device·interface·SATA
Completely Erase a Hard Drive
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, How To, How To Keep Secure
When you replace a hard drive, what do you do with the old one? Most people give their surplus drives away to friends or charities. Some just throw them in the trash. But what about all the data on that old drive? Even if you deleted files or formatted the drive, your data might still [...]
Tags: data storage·deleting files·formatting·hard drive·HDD·important information
Hard Drive Failures
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, How To Maintain, How To Repair, Introductions
Introduction Hard drive crashes are one of the most frustrating experiences one can have with a computer. The inability to read data off of the hard drive can render a computer useless. Even if the OS can run, the data may be inaccessible or damaged. The only way to recover from such a failure is [...]
Tags: computer data storage·crash·file storage·hard disk drive crash·hard drive·hard drive failure·HDD
How Hard Disks Work
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, Introductions
Nearly every desktop computer and server in use today contains one or more hard-disk drives. Every mainframe and supercomputer is normally connected to hundreds of them. You can even find VCR-type devices and camcorders that use hard disks instead of tape. These billions of hard disks do one thing well — they store changing digital [...]
What is a Hard Drive Enclosure?
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives
A hard drive enclosure is used to house a hard disk externally, adding storage and flexibility to any system. The enclosure connects to the computer through a universal serial bus (USB) or Firewire port, making it a plug-and-play device. This means it can be turned off and on while the system is up and running. [...]
Tags: enclosure·external hard drive·external storage device·Hard Disk Drive·hard drive·HDD
Installing RAID on Desktop PCs
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, How To Setup
How to set up a RAID array, what performance you can expect from it, and oh ya… a quick explanation of what ‘RAID’ actually means. RAID is an acronym for “Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks”. This describes a configuration for multiple hard drives which provide fault tolerance and improved data access times. RAID was traditionally [...]
Tags: hard drive·hardware RAID·mirroring·motherboard RAID·RAID·RAID 0·RAID 0+1·RAID 1·RAID array·software RAID·striping·windows