Hard disk drive
hideA hard disk drive (often shortened as "hard disk", "hard drive", or "HDD"), is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Strictly speaking, "drive" refers to a device distinct from its medium, such as a tape drive and its tape, or a floppy disk drive and its floppy disk. Early HDDs had removable media; however, an HDD today is typically a sealed unit (except for a filtered vent hole to equalize air pressure) with fixed media.
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News tagged with hard drive
Be cautious upgrading to Windows 7
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Before you buy a copy of Windows 7, you'd do well to check whether your computer -- and you -- are ready for the upgrade.
Apple unveils new features for desktop, laptop models
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Apple on Tuesday updated its consumer desktop and laptop lines, one day after announcing record quarterly computer sales.
Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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(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.
Review: Windows 7 strong, but don't pay to upgrade
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Next week, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista.
There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive
Oct 07, 2009 |
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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.
Getting files from a failed hard drive
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.
Startup lets you play console video games remotely
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As any a video game aficionado knows, it's easy to pop a game into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and spend hours working your way from one level to the next. Without the hefty console, though, you're out of luck ...
Samsung Announces 640-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for High-end Mobile PCs
Sep 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Apple telegraphs iPods; fans see Beatles, tablets
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves.
Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive
Sep 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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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 ...
Judge rules against RealNetworks DVD copy software
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial.
Have gear, will travel: Testing the industry's slickest netbooks
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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Sacrificing a small amount of performance in favor of convenience and travel ease, netbooks are all the rage. It's easy to see why. While they won't let you play next year's hottest PC titles, they can handle a round or ...
Time to clean up your digital closet
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Let's jump ahead 50 years. Imagine your grandchildren are rummaging around in your attic, looking through old boxes and trunks. They discover laptops, hard drives wrapped in cloth, DVDs, and maybe even a real antique: A ...
When good computers go bad
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Personal computers are complex devices. We use them every day to do so many things and quite frankly, I don't know how I got along without one back in the olden days (that's the '70s in case you were wondering). Their complexity ...
