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New Version of HD Doctor for WD HDD is Available

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version: WD HDD Repair 4.0
Update Date: July 5th, 2010

Fixed/Added:

1. Fix the algorithm to read tracks content into files allowing tracks after the 100th readable for ROYL Series.
2. Add the feature to test heads.
3. Add the feature to disable heads automatically.

4. [...]

Five 2.5-inch hard drives at 500GB

SSDs have stolen much of the limelight in the hard drive world. Depending on who you ask, these high-performance arrays of flash memory chips either represent the future of PC storage or a major bifurcation in the industry. For now, however, solid-state drives are largely confined to the fringes. Although they’re slowly gaining a following among [...]

Deleting Hard Drive Data vs. Physically Destroying Hard Drive

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Cases for bad sector and how to fix bad sector

Cases for bad sector and how to fix bad sector

Cases for bad sector:
There are many cases for bad sector, partly because of its own quality, partly resulting from some objective problems, such as sudden cut down of power while drives still being rotating, poor radiation, frequent download files with TB download software, and etc.

Classification of bad [...]

Fujitsu on brink of Quantum fusion breakthrough

Fujitsu is understood to be OEM’ing Quantum’s DXi deduplication technology across its recently enhanced product line. Conversely, EMC and Dell may have dropped DXi deduplication because of slow restore speed.

Quantum reported third fiscal 2010 quarter revenues of $182m, down 11 per cent from the year-ago quarter but up 4 per cent from the preceding quarter. However, [...]

What’s the meaning of the WD drive model number

Usually we can see the products is made for whom when we get a WD drive at hand,such as:

wd6400aaks-00a7B0

the number 00a7B0′s first two “00″means as below

00 = retail market
01 = other large customer market
22 = Promotional Samples
23 = IBM
53 = Gateway
60 = Compaq
71 = HP
75 [...]

Seagate Warranty Void Checklist

Seagate reserves the right to return the product un-repaired or impose repair charges on product returned with warranty voiding conditions. Such conditions include, but is not limited to, the below examples of warranty-void conditions. Seagate also reserves the right to modify or add to the existing criteria list when new conditions requiring voiding of our warranty [...]

Seagate Technology Limited Consumer Warranty

The following “Limited Consumer Warranty Information” describes Seagate’s standard limited warranty. For complete warranty information, consumers should review the warranty materials included with their product. Warranty coverage may differ depending on jurisdiction.

What Do Our Warranties Usually Cover? Our limited warranties cover defects in material or workmanship in new Seagate or Maxtor products. Only consumers purchasing Seagate [...]

Toshiba looks ahead, sees a 14TB disk

From: theregister

Earlier this month Toshiba researchers presented a couple of papers concerning bit-patterned media (BPM) and associated head technologies at a Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Intermag conference in Washington DC. They have been working towards an areal density of 5Tbit/sq in for hard disk drives and this was by way of a progress report.

One paper with [...]

Western Digital’s Advanced Format: The 4K Sector Transition Begins

We had a chance to talk to Western Digital last week about a new hard drive technology they have coming down the pipe called Advanced Format. Ahead of the impending launch of the first Advanced Format drives, Western Digital is engaging in an education campaign about the technology, as it represents the first step in a [...]