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This hard drive is hardened to disasters

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Anyone who has been reading my column or listening to my radio talk show "Computer America" knows I have been preaching the back-up mantra for years. If I ever decide to have a bumper sticker on my car, it will read: "It's ...





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Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- To give more room for game, movie and music downloads, Sony is launching a PlayStation 3 with a larger hard drive on Nov. 3.


Getting files from a failed hard drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.


There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.


Unexpected Wheel-Test Results

Spirit Mars Rover: Unexpected Wheel-Test Results

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diagnostic tests were run on Spirit's right-rear wheel and right-front wheel on Sol 2013 (Dec. 12, 2009).


USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written ...


Samsung Announces 640-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for High-end Mobile PCs

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced its new 640-Gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch Spinpoint M7 internal hard disk drive. The new 640GB hard drive, now the top-density drive of the popular M7 family, has an areal density of 516-Gigabit ...


Dell Offers Solid State Drives on Select Notebooks

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Dell today announced that it is offering a 1.8-inch 32GB solid state drive (SSD) from SanDisk on Latitude D420 ultra-mobile and D620 ATG semi-rugged notebooks. The company is one the first to offer a flash-based drive as ...


Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional ...


Miglia Dual Disk released at Macworld Expo

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created Jan 11, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Miglia Technology released its DualDisk product at Macworld Expo on Monday.


Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. ...



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