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Disk Drive: A storage device that holds, spins, reads and writes magnetic disks or optical (CD, DVD, MO, UDO) disks. It may be a receptacle for removable disk cartridges, floppy disks...; Full Disk Drive Definition >>

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They died for Reddi-Wip?: Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Foam, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Seagate patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!: Can "prior art" be too prior? Dramatic evidence of America's broken patent system surfaced in last week's lawsuit by Seagate against STEC, the innovative developer of high-performance flash drives. Imagine winning a patent for something invented 10 years before. Seagate may sue SANdisk next. Seagate owns...; Tags: Patent, Disk Drive, Seagate Technology LLC, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-04-25
What your disk drive isn't telling you: What your disk drive isn't telling youNo safe havenIt seems that our data simply have no safe place to reside anywhere. Hard disks are unsafe, DVD's are unsafe disk rot.....Come on, industry, give us a safe, reliable and enduring storage medium. How hard can it be?Greetz, Pjotr.Broken main page link,...; Tags: Storage, HARD DISKS, disk, disk drive, SCSI, RAID, file system; Discussion threads 2008-02-18
What your disk drive isn't telling you: because it's clueless. You know you've got a problem when your disk drive goes ka-thunk. A study of 1.53 million disks finds that data errors are much more common than outright failures. You just don't know it. What's worse, neither do the people who design...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-02-17
3 mln removable hard disk drives to ship by 2012: Worldwide shipments of removable hard disk drives will increase at a 65% CAGR, totaling over 3 mln R-HDD solutions and additional disk cartridges in 2012, according to IDC. Total worldwide R-HDD revenue will grow equally as strong with a 52% CAGR. by NB; Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Disk Drive, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Investment, Finance, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-05

Secure Disk (22): Powerful encryption software with pre-boot authentication secures 100% of your hard disk drive, including the OS. Ultimate security standard for encryption at the physical sector level. Based on the most secure technology, AES256, this product is an outstanding data security tool. Support of flash media and USB hard disk drives,...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, PC, Data Security, Computer, Productivity, Security; Software downloads 2008-01-21
Hexprobe (zip): This is a professional hex editor for manipulating binary files, disk drives, and system processes. Key features are: View, search, and edit any file of any size on your disk drives easily and quickly. Find in disk/drive and processes. Find and repair problems with disk drives and processes. Map a...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive; Software downloads 2008-01-09
How smart is SMART?: Most disk drives include a feature named SMART - Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology - intended to tell you if your drive is dying. Can you rely on it? Sadly, no. Here's why. What is SMART? SMART is a protocol for passing information from a disk...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Data, Vendor, Protocol, SMART, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Are Chinese disk drives flaky?: Are Chinese disk drives flaky?Wow, the Mac sure is high quality!!!I followed your link and I laughed so hard at the following quote:[i]Some of the failures are attributable - indirectly - to Mac OS X's Safe Sleep feature. This copies the contents of a laptop's memory to the hard drive...; Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, disk drive, disk; Discussion threads 2007-10-31
Are Chinese disk drives flaky?: What is Cantonese for "sucks"? A piece in the UK web site The Register, says of some recent Mac drives: According to Retrodata, its customers have sent in a much higher number of failed Seagate 2.5in SATA drives made in China and loaded...; Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Disk Drive, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-10-31
My Drives (zip): My Drives customize look of disk drives in windows explorer by replacing drives icons, setting labels and hiding drives. Program comes with set of 65 very suitable icons. It is very useful for everyone, and very helpful for childrens and peoples new in computers. This version is the first release...; Tags: disk drive, disk, computer; Software downloads 2007-10-15
disk drives win Nobel Prize in physics: OK, two physicists who discovered Giant Magnetoresistance GMR did I went on a bit of a rant recently about how cool disk technology. Seems the Swedish Academy of Sciences, the organization that awards Nobel Prizes, agrees. GMR, disks and you If you like high capacity...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, GMR, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-10-10
Secure Disk (2): Secure Disk is a powerful encryption software with pre-boot authentication that secures 100% of your hard disk drive, including the OS. The inevitable pluses that Secure Disk gives you: reliable protection of confidential information and records of negotiations with clients or business partners on your PC or laptop; security of...; Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, instant messenger, disk drive, negotiation, PC, authentication, hard drive, computer, laptop computer, financial, Web browser, operating system, security, e-mail; Software downloads 2007-09-27
Can we build the unfillable disk drive?: Can we build the unfillable disk drive?Of course, if they do.......backing it up will be a bitch!Yes. One already exists, its called a WOMWrite Only Memories are excellent for infinite storage. The issue is that you can't retrieve the data.Can you build a drive so largethat God himself could not...; Tags: disk drive, disk; Discussion threads 2007-09-24
Can we build the unfillable disk drive?: The disk guys are going to try. This year's Diskcon proves the storage device industry's ambitions are as lofty as ever. The engineers are working on really large disk drives. Would a 10 TB - 10 million megabytes - 2.5" notebook drive hold you? Don't...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Storage, Video, Jennifer, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-09-24
DVD Device Lock (zip): Hide or restrict access to removable media devices such as CD, DVD, floppy, flash, and USB drives, and deny access to partitions of your hard disk drives with the program. Stop copying data between removable media and hard disk drives, deny access to removable media, protect your PC against unauthorized...; Tags: Hard Drive, Disk Drive, Media, DVD, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-09-20
Seagate's visible firmware problem: A recent problem with the firmware in a Seagate drive offers a peek at the 400,000 lines of spaghetti code inside a modern disk. It is a cautionary tale for those who blithely assume that disk drives "just work." In an article titled Seagate's AAK firmaware thoroughly...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Firmware, Seagate Technology LLC, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-08-29
Existing USB ports may face trouble powering new breed of peripherals: Contrary to popular belief, at least from a power perspective, not all USB ports are created equal. That's what I learned yesterday during an e-mail exchange with Buffalo Technology's Brian Verenkoff. Earlier this week, as a part of ZDNet's Deputy Tester of the Week program, I announced that...; Tags: David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-08-17
disk drive Administrator (zip): Hide, lock and protect your local, network, Floppy and USB drives, and disable the AutoRun feature for them. Control access to your drives by clicking on the checkboxes located within the group boxes representing them. Disable the AutoRun feature based on drive types to disable, for instance, only all USB...; Tags: Administrator, Disk, Disk Drive, IM, USB Flash Drive, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications; Software downloads 2007-08-16
Easy disk drive Safeguard (zip): Use Easy Disk Drive Safeguard to hide and lock your local, network, Floppy and USB drives as well as disable the AutoRun feature for them. A password protection can be applied to the program to prevent your users from changing the security settings you enforce. Version 2 may include unspecified...; Tags: Security, Disk, Disk Drive; Software downloads 2007-07-16