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Category Archives: Hard Drive News
Where did the screw holes go? 8 and 10 TB hard drive mounting issue
So you’ve got your shiny new Seagate IronWolf or Western Digital Red Pro 10 TB hard drive and your’re itching to install it in your MacPro or NAS appliance. You pull out the drive tray and grab your screwdriver and… … Continue reading
What is the state of Thunderbolt drives? (October 2014 edition)
Thunderbolt drive news (Note 4/2020, many of the products introduced in 2014 are now out of date in 2020) Apple has left Firewire and adopted Thunderbolt as their recommended high speed connection for external hard drives (and monitors and other … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, Hard Drives and SSD, Mac questions, News, Performance
Tagged Apple, Direct-attached storage, Drives, Graphics, Hard Drive, Hardware, high speed, high speed high capacity, Intel, Macintosh, MacPro. 10 Gbps. 20 Gbps, multimedia, Performance, RAID, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Storage, Thunderbolt, video editing
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Q. Where did OCZ Technologies go? What happens to my warranty?
OCZ Technologies (OCZ Technology Group) was a leading edge producer of performance computer products – at first RAM memory and power supplies for gaming and overclocking, then they took on SSD solid state drives and abandoned the RAM and power supply … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drive News, Hard Drives and SSD
Tagged Bankrupt, OCZ Technology, SATA, Solid State Drive, SSD, Warranty
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Western Digital sees Red, releases new line of NAS storage hard drives
Western Digital has made an addition to their drive line up, adding a Red series of 3.5″ SATA hard drives to complement their Blue (standard), Green (low power consumption) and Black (high performance) series. At the same time, they are … Continue reading
Q. What is happening with OEM hard drive warranties?
Hard drive warranty coverage has been reduced by the major manufacturers, and competition in drives is consolidating around just three companies. All Seagate bare (internal) consumer level drives have 1 year warranty in North America (down from three years). Some … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Hard Drive News, Hard Drives and SSD
Tagged Coverage, Drive, Hard Drive, Hitachi, OEM, Repair, Samsung, Seagate, Warranty, Western Digital
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Q. What is Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt is a new computer data interface format that combines high speed data transfer plus digital video into one cable. The release of the Apple Mac Book Pro in February 2011 introduced Thunderbolt to the market, followed by the iMac … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drive News, News
Tagged Apple, Cable, Hard Drive, Intel, Interface, Introduce, New, Storage, Technology, Thunderbolt, Video
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iPad + Wireless + portable storage = Wi-Drive
One criticism of Apple’s popular iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) is that they don’t have Secure Digital flash memory card slots. This means that to back up the data from an iOS device or to access additional data … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, iPad, iPhone, iPod, News, Smartphone News
Tagged Apple, Backup, Flash, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kingston, Media, Movies, Network, Sharing, Storage, Wireless
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Favorite: TrueCrypt open source encryption
Here’s something that makes me shudder – when I hear someone complain that they lost their USB memory ‘keychain’ drive, and then to hear them say “yeah, now I’m out $30 to buy a new one”. It’s not the money, … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Free stuff, Hard Drive News, News, Security
Tagged Computer, Favorite, Macintosh, Open Source, Security, Software, Windows
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Hybrid SSD/hard drive setups
Lately there has been a choice to make between conventional hard drives and flash based Solid State Drives (SSD). The decision boiled down to speed vs. cost vs. capacity. SSDs can be blazingly fast, but they are expensive, and limited … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, News, Performance, Product Reviews
Tagged Computer, Hard Drive, Intel, Performance, RAID, SSD, Upgrade, Windows
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