(Reviews) You don't have to be an IT guru to add storage to your network. These network-attached drives make setting up shared data access easy and straightforward.
(News) Western Digital's 10,000 rpm, 300GB high-performance hard drive chomps through the competition.
(News) Hard disk drive will enable up to 1TB of storage in portable computers.
(News) The 64GB solid state drives will be available in Dell and Alienware laptops soon.
(Reviews) A reader requests advice in selecting a portable drive that's both fast and durable.
(Reviews) Western Digital's Caviar GP WD10EACS promises to reduce power consumption; Seagate's Barracuda 7200.11 1TB, meanwhile, was fastest in write tests.
(News) New Hitachi drive represents a giant leap forward in notebook storage.
(News) Hitachi is considering a shake-up of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), the hard-disk drive maker that it acquired from IBM in 2003.
(News) Concerned about piracy of multimedia files, Western Digital has disallowed the sharing of multimedia files on its 1T-byte network-attached storage drive, the WD My Book World Edition.
(News) Memory maker Micron Technology said it will plug its solid-state technology into portable storage devices by mid-to-end 2008.
(News) If you bought one of Seagate's Maxtor Basics consumer hard drives recently, check it for viruses. Especially if you're a gamer.
(News) New head-reading technology will quadruple capacity of standard hard drives.
(News) New FlashMate hybrid hard drive technology has been introduced that allows data to be read, even when the computer is switched off.
(News) These drives promise the best of both the magnetic-hard-disk and flash-disk worlds. Do they live up to that promise? We test two and find out.
(News) Hard drives full of confidential data are still turning up on the second-hand market, researchers have reported.
(News) A new hard drive from Japanese company DTS has added 1GB of DRAM cache to a 2.5-inch serial ATA disk.
(News) Buffalo Technology has announced a range of portable hard drives using a new technology claimed to significantly boost performance compared to ordinary USB 2.0 products.
(News) Formac has announced its latest portable hard drive, the 250GB-capacity Disk Mini.
(News) Seagate Technology LLC reportedly plans to add solid-state drives based on flash memory chips to its lineup of storage products.
(News) Toshiba Corp. will start producing a 320G-byte hard-disk drive for laptop computers before the end of this year, the company said Tuesday.
(Reviews) Networked Storage Gets Extremely Affordable
(Reviews) Living-Room Hard Drives
(Reviews) The slick design and easy setup of Drobo make this USB appliance a strong choice for expanding your system's storage.
(News) Scientists have discovered that "avalanche" effects in spinning magnetic fields can cause data loss in disk drives - and are working on changes to recording layer chemistry that should give us more reliable storage.
(News) Researchers have demonstrated disk write speeds one hundred times faster than current hard drives. The method uses a laser to heat the recording surface and alter its magnetic field. There is no equivalent read speed increase though.
(How To) Boost your hard-drive performance, add redundancy, or do both by converting your PC to use a RAID setup.
(News) If you're in any doubt that flash memory-based solid-state disks are on a course to quickly replace hard-disk drives in laptop computers, just take a look along the aisles of this year's Computex trade show.
(News) New direct-attached storage drive seeks to simplify RAID.
(How To) Intel Matrix Storage RAID can be an important part of a multifaceted approach to protecting your business data.
(News) Netgear will ship Infrant's desktop and rackmount NAS systems next week, following its recent acquisition of the company.
(News) Toshiba and Tohoku University researchers have found a read head drive technology that could increase areal density five hundred percent. It could mean a 5TB 3.5-inch drive or a 1TB 2-5-inch drive, both by 2013. The highest areal density of any shipping disk drive product is 178.8Gbit/sq inch. The new technology could push this to 1Tbit/sq inch and beyond.
(Reviews) Fast, Cheap External Drives Use eSATA Interface
(Reviews) The new Deskstar 7K1000 can hold 150 high-definition movies or more than 300,000 high-resolution photos.
(News) two recent studies observe more device failures than vendor estimates suggest.
(News) Hitachi GST has announced an enterprise version of its 1TB consumer Deskstar drive, which could herald a new round of competition in the high-end hard drive market.
(News) Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. Thursday released details of its upcoming Pico-ITX motherboard, which is roughly the same size as a credit card and opens the door to very small PC designs.
(News) Fujitsu Europe is offering the optional fitting of its latest hard drive series MHW2xxxBH with a freefall sensor (FFS). Laptop makers including Lenovo have built similar protection in their computers, but Fujitsu has integrated it in the drive itself.
(Reviews) Both the StorCenter Pro 150d and the My Book World Edition offer up to 1TB of storage capacity.
(Reviews) These are the top network-attached storage (NAS) devices today, but ratings and rankings can change quickly due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
(News) The new Deskstar 7K1000 can hold 150 high-def movies or more than 300,000 high-res photos.
(News) From the designer of the Ferrari, the color-coded Deskstar 7K1000 hard drives debut.
(News) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to begin shipping a solid-state disk drive with double the capacity of its current highest capacity drive in the second quarter of this year, it said Tuesday.
(Reviews) The SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ hard drive leads our chart thanks to its capacity, speed, and affordable price.
(News) Dell is the first computer system supplier to ship 1 terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) hard drives targeted at users needing to store large amounts of digital media. The higher capacity is particularly needed for storing video content, such as high-definition video. This will affect consumers first but then business, particularly media-related businesses and applications. It is a reversal of normal practice where business received higher-capacity disk drives first.
(Reviews) Need more storage? The top-ranked internal hard drives will fill the bill. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
(News) ASI Computer Technologies will use the automatically encrypted Momentus in a laptop.
(Reviews) An eye-catching design, coupled with a useful and well-rounded software suite, differentiates the FreeAgent Pro from other desktop hard drives.
(News) Google research has shown that built-in disk drive diagnostics only predict about half the drive failures that occur.
(Reviews) Polaroid's photo backup drive designed for ordinary folks; useful, weird, and bizarre products from the Consumer Electronics Show.
(Reviews) New NAS storage devices target home users while others retain their business focus.
(Reviews) Today's options provide impressive combinations of speed, interfaces, features, and software.
(Reviews) Speedy alternative to tape can't match external desktop USB 2.0 drives, but handles business backups well.
(How To) How to Buy a Hard Drive
(Reviews) External hard drives aren't as fast as internal models, but they are great for backups and are easy to install. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.
(News) Solid-state notebook drives will be available to manufacturers this year.
(News) Hybrid Storage Alliance group created to promote disks with flash memory that improves performance and power efficiency.
Timeline: 50 Years of Hard Drives
(howto) Upgrade Your Notebook's Hard Drive
Fujitsu Plans 160GB Notebook Drives
(reviews) It's the first 3.5-inch hard drive to use perpendicular magnetic recording technology.
(news) Versatile Hard Drives
(reviews) First Look: Seagate's New Giant Hard Drive Screams to the Top
(reviews) Two of three new network-attached storage drives tested this month make the Top 5.
(reviews) Top 5 External Hard Drives
(reviews) Top 5 Internal Hard Drives
(howto) Hybrid Drives to Speed Vista
(howto) Need More Storage?
(reviews) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB
(reviews) Top 5 Networked-Attached Storage Devices
(news) COMPUTEX: Toshiba Claims Highest-Density Hard Drive
(reviews) Big Hard Drives Take Center Stage
(reviews) First Look: Seagate's New Giant Hard Drive Screams to the Top
(reviews) Western Digital Hard Drive Shows All
(reviews) Top 5 External Hard Drives
(reviews) Top 5 Networked-Attached Storage Devices
(reviews) Top 5 Internal Hard Drives
(news) Samsung Readies Hybrid Hard Drive
(news) Hitachi Launches Its First Perpendicular Hard Drives
(news) Seagate's Giant 750GB Hard Drive Expands Universe of Drive Capacity
(news) Fujitsu Plans 200GB Laptop Hard Drive
(news) A Faster, Denser Hard Drive Debuts
(reviews) Network Drive Touts Backup
(reviews) Top 5 External Hard Drives
(reviews) Top 5 Internal Hard Drives
(news) Seagate Ships 160GB Laptop Drive
(reviews) Making their debut are speedy models from Western Digital and from CMS. This month we cover both internal and external drives.
(news) Cornice Boosts Capacity, Shrinks Hard Drives
(news) IBM Leads Open-Source Storage Effort
(reviews) Hitachi's massive, 500GB Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drives make their debut.
(reviews) Big Drive Backup
(news) Hitachi Shrinks Hard Drives, Boosts Capacity
(news) Hard Drive Shipments Stay Strong
(news) Flash Memory to Speed Up Hard Drives
(news) Seagate Turns to Perpendicular Recording
(news) Cornice Announces 4GB Storage Element Drive
(news) Fujitsu Pushes Hard Drive Limits
(news) Another Development in High-Capacity 1-Inch Disks
(news) Toshiba Revamps Its IPod Drives
(news) Seagate Boosts Notebook Storage
(news) Samsung Replaces Hard Drives With Flash
(news) Seagate to Ship 120GB Notebook Drive
(news) Hitachi, Fujitsu Tout 100GB Notebook Drives
(howto) Salvage the Files You Lost From Your Hard Drive
(news) Cornice, Seagate Partly Settle Hard-Drive Dispute
(news) Fujitsu Readies 200GB Notebook Drive
(news) WinHEC: Samsung to Show "Flash" Laptop Hard Drives
(news) Samsung Plans Miniature Hard Disk
(news) Seagate Readies New Hard Drive Technology
(news) Toshiba Boosts Tiny Hard Drive Storage
(news) Hitachi Eyes 1TB Desktop Drives
(news) First Look: Maxtor's NAS Offers Simple Solution
(reviews) TrayDock lets you turn an old internal drive into an external one perfect for backups.
(reviews) Give Your Storage a Boost
(news) Fujitsu Readies 120GB Notebook Hard Drive
(reviews) The Buffalo LinkStation Network Storage Center was our home choice for its ease of use (it also makes a good option for small businesses). The Snap Appliance Snap Server 1100 was our business pick for its rich and sophisticated file-sharing features.
(reviews) This NAS has eight ethernet ports but lacks workgroup security features.
(reviews) The NetDisk has fast speed but comes with some clunky usability issues.
(reviews) This expandable rack-size network drive performed well in our tests.
(reviews) This simple, easy-to-use networked drive is perfect for home setups.
(reviews) Our Best Buy for business users has sophisticated security and file-sharing features.
(reviews) Network storage adapter connects to your choice of USB 2.0 drive.
(reviews) When connected by gigabit ethernet, this business-class networked storage device was one of our top performers.
(reviews) This easy-to-use networked storage device with Wi-Fi is a great consumer choice.
(reviews) This value-priced network hard drive combines great features with an ease of use appropriate for home users.
(news) Toshiba Boosts Hard Drive Capacity
(news) Seagate Ships 400GB Hard Drive
(news) Western Digital's Scorpio drives promise stinging performance.
(news) Company will begin production on sub-1-inch hard drive later this year.
(news) The 100d is designed for small offices looking for inexpensive networked storage.
(news) Higher-capacity hard drives will be available by the end of the year.
(news) New 1.8-inch hard drives may boost battery life in portable devices.
(news) NCQ technology allows drives to prioritize a PC's data requests.
(reviews) Iomega's Rev USB removable-media drive gives you a large amount of storage space and swift transfer speeds.
(news) EZ Bus Mini models need no AC adapter to give up to 40GB of storage capacity.
(news) Speedy new Hitachi desktop hard drive nears half-terabyte territory.
(news) Seagate proves you don't need to spin faster--just smarter--to get better performance.
(reviews) An external hard drive gives you lots of storage space, as well as a safe place for backups.
(reviews) Maxtor's OneTouch is fast and easy to use. Among ultraportables, IOGear's 2.5-Inch Ion Drive offers the most for the money.
(news) 35GB REV provides removable storage inside a protective cartridge.
(news) The lowdown on the latest drives.
(yahoo) More bytes for your buck.
(news) With music, photos, and home videos now digital, you can't afford to scrimp on PC disk capacity. Here's how to keep ahead of the tidal wave.
(news) Western Digital Media Center pairs 8-in-1 multiformat media reader with speedy external hard drive.
(news) Models that outperform current USB 2.0 and FireWire drives are expected this year.
(reviews) Bypassing several SATA drives debuting on the chart, a new ATA/133 model from Samsung takes the number one slot.
(news) Sleek, capacious hard disks are making a new place for themselves in the home and on the road. We look at what's here and what's next.
(news) StorageWorks line is repackaged, repriced for small and midsize businesses.
(news) New Velocity series uses Serial ATA for faster data transfer.
(news) Perpendicular recording breakthrough could support next-generation disk platters.
(howto) Serial ATA drives offer several advantages over parallel drives--including speed.
(news) Mini ExDrive will change your internal IDE drive into an external Serial ATA drive.
(howto) The hard drive as a window into the soul; cruelty to penguins.
(news) Momentus hard drives will bring quiet storage to major notebook vendors.
(news) Next-generation storage specs revealed, a little at a time.
(news) We bought or salvaged ten used drives and found sensitive business and personal data on all but one.
(news) Addonics unveils adapters to convert existing drives to new standard.
(reviews) Advice for the gigabyte-addicted: How to upgrade to today's best and biggest--or keep your current hard disks running smoothly.
(news) Seagate's 80GB, 120GB drives now available in Best Buy stores.
(news) External hard drives back up quickly and store more--for a price.
(news) In PC World's tests, RAID technology proves its mettle on the desktop.
(news) Cheap, thin, flexible StorCard expected to become available this year.
(news) The 120GB 5000DV lets you back up a partition by pressing a button on the front panel.
(news) PC World tests a new serial ATA hard drive--is it worth your money?
(news) Serial ATA drives debut, drive capacities to reach 200GB.
(howto) If you work mostly in standard office programs, nearly any drive will do. But speed counts for multimedia authoring.
(news) High-capacity USB hard disk drives handle 80GB to 120GB of storage.
(reviews) Portable Hard Drive is a great value for the price.
(news) Barracuda ATA V 7200-rpm drives sporting larger platters, new interface will ship in fall.
(news) Latest technology improvements drive storage capacities upward while pushing down the price per gigabyte.
(news) Tiny, high-capacity drives are headed for MP3 players, handhelds, and elsewhere.
(news) Customer seeks class action suit status and damages for allegedly crash-prone Deskstar drives.
(reviews) Toshiba's MK5002MPL hard disk drive gives you 5GB of storage in a credit card-size box.
(news) Desktop drives have reached 100GB, and larger models are waiting in the wings, but technical limits stand in the way.
(reviews) Portable hard drives offer inexpensive MP3 and data storage solutions.
(news) Latest Caviar drive offers loads of storage and high-speed 7200-rpm access for $299.
(news) New desktop Barracuda drive combines high storage capacity with silent running.
(news) Companies announce support for new standard to accommodate hard drives over 137GB.
(news) DiskStor pair offer user-friendly setup and bundled applications, but relatively slow performance.
(news) Technology stretches single-platter storage from 20GB to 40GB on new DiamondMax drive.
(news) Company's latest budget drives store up to 40GB per platter, double that of average drives.
(news) FireWire HDD, priced at $580, spins at a speedy 7200 rpm.
(reviews) We test the latest in jumbo drives to see which deliver the most speed, capacity, and ease of use for the money.
(news) The 15GB 531DX uses a single platter and a single head for high reliability.
(reviews) Large capacity, high performance, and low price--Quantum's newest hard drive has it all.
(reviews) Fleet, Petite Portable Storage From Maxtor
(reviews) Maxtor offers 80GB and 40GB affordable, external FireWire drives.
(howto) If a computer's CPU is the brain of your PC, the hard drive serves as the heart. Learn how it pumps vital data to the rest of the system.
