Below is another new video from Jacqui Best on how to use Windows Disk Manager. This useful tool that is part of all Windows operating systems, can be very useful for data recovery software users, as well as for people that may need hard drive … [Read more...]
Solid State Storage Replacing Magnetic Media? WD Thinks So
April 6, 2009 By
We have talked about solid state storage including how it works and the benefits of using it over magnetic media such as hard drives. By researching solid state storage companies and the progress they have made, we always thought that is would be … [Read more...]
Hard Drive Recovery Myths Debunked
March 19, 2009 By
If you have had a hard drive problem then sure enough you have done some searching on the Internet and seen some startling revelations about hard drive recovery. My personal favorite is :it is safe to put your hard drive in the freezer over night"! … [Read more...]
View It Now for SNAP OS 4.X
March 4, 2009 By
The original SNAP NAS devices were developed by SNAP Appliance. The operating system that was used was a flavor of BSD in concert with the file system UFS. Although the file system looks very similar to the original UFS there were some subtle … [Read more...]
Storage Wars – Hard Drives Reach 2TB – Good or Bad
February 10, 2009 By
And in this corner... The hard drive Storage Wars have been heating up lately as Western Digital and Seagate battle it out for not only the largest capacity disks, but they are also going green! Western Digital went as far as to name it's new 2TB … [Read more...]
Seagate Barracuda 7200-11 Hard Drive Recovery
January 22, 2009 By
By now most of you have heard about the problems that a firmware upgrade has caused with the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive line. Both 500 GB and 1 TB hard drives have just stopped working without notice. After the drive up and dies and you … [Read more...]
How To Remove A Laptop Hard Drive
January 7, 2009 By
So here is a little tutorial on how to remove a laptop hard drive. I only have Dell's in my little arsenal but the method should be the same across the board no matter what laptop you have. The only exception I will make that is with the dell I use … [Read more...]