Archive for August, 2010

Samsung Hard Drive Format Utility

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

What is Samsung Format Utility? The Samsung Format utility is a program specifically designed for formating Samsung External Hard Disk drives.

What is Samsung Auto Backup?

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Samsung Auto Backup is Bundled software that performs a backup of the PC data to Samsung External Hard Drive. Through the Real-Time Backup or Scheduled Backup, the data can be backed up safely to Samsung External Hard Drive. When the backed up data are damaged due to a system error or user’s mistake, they can be checked/recovered through the Integrity Check

Glossary of Western Digital Hard Disk Drive (Letter R)

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

radial path A straight-line path from the center of a disk to the outer edge. RAFF™ Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward. WD technology that maintains the highest possible data transfer performance in the high rotational vibration environments commonly found in servers and storage arrays

Glossary of Western Digital Hard Disk Drive (Letter O,P,Q)

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

OEM Original equipment manufacturer.

Hard Drive PCB Replacement

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Recovery data from dead hard drives which do note that disassembling a hard drive is not recommended and can result to permanent data loss and further damage to your drive.  If your data is business critical, please seek professional help. The green board on the bottom of the hard drive is known as Hard Drive Printed Circuit Board ( HDD PCB ).  The main function of the PCB is to supply power to the hard drive, maintain speed and rotation of the spindle, and control all internal operations through its firmware.  Essentially, PCB is the brains of the hard drive that…

5 Tips for Choosing an External Hard Drive

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

External hard drives are great way to back up your favourite photos, videos, music and work documents – especially as they can be stored separately, ensuring your important files remain safe should anything happen to your laptop or computer. If you’ve never bought an external hard disk before then there’s a few pointers here that may help to have on your shopping list before you go and make that final purchase. 1.

Glossary of Western Digital Hard Disk Drive (Letter N)

Friday, August 20th, 2010

NAS Network attached storage. Hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the computer that is serving network workstation users.

Seagate File Recovery Software

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Seagate File Recovery is an advanced, easy to use, data recovery and undelete software. It helps you to recover your lost files from local hard disks and other removable media. Consider using Seagate File Recovery if: You need a fast and affordable data recovery solution

Popular Western Digital Hard Drives

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Western Digital was founded in 1970 and has grown into a global leader in the development and manufacturing of hard drives and solid state drives for internal, external, portable and shared storage applications. WD hard drives are used in desktop and notebook computers, mobile and handheld devices, corporate networks and home entertainment equipment

Glossary of Western Digital Hard Disk Drive (Letter M)

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Magnetic flux A pattern of magnetic pole directions of bits written on a disk. Master The primary drive in a dual-drive configuration. A Master drive by itself (with no Slave) is called a single drive.