SAN DIMAS, CA – June 1, 2009 – Trace amounts of organic and inorganic contaminants of hard disk components are extremely difficult to detect by current methods. Common techniques, such as inspection ...

Eric Savitz commented in another Forbes blog today that Thailand floods are causing technology supply chain issues. These issues are particularly severe for several hard disk drive (HDD) companies.

Manufacturers seal hard drives in hermetic rooms to avoid any contamination by particles of dust, a single one of which can completely destroy a hard drive. If you were to open one up, however, you ...

Almost every computer user comes across a horrifying situation and troubles due to hard drive failure. Nonetheless, users are not aware of the major causes contributing to the failure of a hard disk.

Almost all computers today store their digital data as magnetic areas on a device called a hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk. Basically, all hard drives work the same way: Information is encoded and ...

The simplest way to clone the disk is with a dual HDD/SSD dock. Almost every dual dock has a cloning function built in. Insert the HDD into the Source bay and the SSD into the Target bay. Long press ...

Verdict: The WD WD80EFAX 8TB Hard Disk Drive stands out with its . Designed for users who demand the best from their devices, WD WD80EFAX 8TB Hard Disk Drive delivers top-tier performance, stunning ...

Synology DSM partitions a 2tb drive as 2.38g for the OS 2.00gb for the swap file and an 127mb "unallocated" before user created partitions and 99mb "unallocated" after. I think the space for the OS ...