How do you check the health of a hard drive?

03 February 2017 00:00:00 EST

Whether you are a private user or work within an IT department, you can sometimes be presented with a stark reality; hard drives are no longer working as they should and/or data suddenly disappears....

11 October 2016 00:00:00 EDT

What's the next step in HDD technology?

A new PMR technology for HDDs A new PMR method of storing data on a hard disk drive (HDD) is the Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording (TDMR) technology. This method is currently being researched by...

07 October 2016 00:00:00 EDT

What does the future hold for hard disk drives?

Even though sales of SSD-based media is on the rise, traditional magnetic hard disk (HDD) media are still quite popular both for private users as well as for businesses. Even though SSD prices have...

05 August 2016 00:00:00 EDT

What is physical media damage?

Ever had a drive that fell from your desk? Or had it experience a fire (and ensuing water from the sprinklers)? These and many other types of damages that a drive can experience are known as physical...

18 May 2016 00:00:00 EDT

HDD vs SSD - which lasts longer?

Many comparisons can be made between a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and a Solid State Drive (SSD); cost, speed, data storage capacity – there’s no end of areas to consider. However in this post, we’ll be...

01 March 2016 00:00:00 EST

The four most common physical signs of hard drive failures

Over the many years I’ve been working in a clean room, I’ve grown quite familiar with hard drives and the many pros and cons they can present. Generally speaking, hard drives can be a pretty...

26 May 2015 00:00:00 EDT

Using SMART tools to predict HDD failure

In a previous blog - MTBF: Can it help predict hard drive failure? - we noted that the best-known methods for predicting hard disk drive (HDD) failure aren't what you'd call scientific. Grinding and...

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