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Seagate Launches Hybrid Hard Drive ‘Era’

Seagate Mometus 5400 Drive Seagate Technology today announced it will begin shipping hybrid notebook drives in large volumes. Hybrid drives combine the large capacities of hard drives with a small amount of flash memory to deliver faster boot times, improved performance, greater reliability and lower power consumption. Seagate has seen up to 50% lower power consumption in testing.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on October 8, 2007  | 

Seagate Unveils 250GB Notebook Hard Drive

Seagate Seagate announced the Momentus 5400.4, a 250GB notebook hard drive. The Momentus 5400.4 uses perpinducular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to cram data on just two platters.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on September 6, 2007  | 

Toshiba Announces 320GB Notebook Drives

320GB Toshiba Notebook DriveToshiba announced it will begin producing the world’s highest capacity notebook drives. The MK3252GSX stores 320GB of data and spins at 5,400 RPM. The new Toshiba drives edges out Fujitsu’s 300GB model for highest capacity of any 2.5-inch drive.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on August 21, 2007  | 

SanDisk Announces 64 GB Notebook Solid State Drives

SanDisk SSD 64GBSanDisk introduced a 64GB Solid State Drive today at Computex. SanDisk 1.8-inch UATA 5000 and 2.5-inch SATA 5000 SSD products have been available in 32GB versions for several months.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 7, 2007  | 

WD Passport Drives Bumped to 250GB

Western Digital Pocket DriveWestern Digital announced a 250GB capacity Passport portable drive today. The USB-powered pocket drive is significantly larger than WD’s previous offerings. The new WD Passsport 250GB weighs less than four ounces and is powered by USB.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on June 6, 2007  | 

How a Notebook Hard Drive Works

Ever wonder what your hard drive is up to when you here it whirring and buzzing? This video gives an inside view of how a notebook’s drive seeks and reads data. The process is extremely fast and may give you a new appreciation of your hard drive.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 29, 2007  | 

Video: Easy Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade

Travelstar Drive Upgrade KitA hard drive upgrade can revive an aging notebook’s performance and provide more space for all of your music, movies and photos. Products like the Hitachi Travelstar Upgrade Kit make it easy for even the most novice computer users to install a faster and bigger drive.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 26, 2007  | 

WD Now Shipping 250GB Notebook Drives

WD Scorpio Notebook DriveWestern Digital today announced it is now shipping its 250 GB WD Scorpio 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. The drives employ perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to achieve the highest capacity 2.5-inch drive to date.

Continue Reading  |  Posted on May 21, 2007  | 

Samsung Launches SpinPoint M5 Notebook Drive

Samsung announced a new line of drives for notebooks today. The SpinPoint M5 line launches in May with capacities ranging from 60GB to 160GB which will start shipping in May. Samsung is developing a dual-disk model that will have a 250GB capacity.The SpinPoint M5 series utilizes perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology, and the disk drive [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 11, 2007  | 

Deal:Seagate 320GB USB 2.0 Drive for $99

If all the data on your notebook is worth more than $100 (everyone) and you’re one of those that still doesn’t back up your data on a regular basis (nearly everyone), then check out this ultracheap 320GB Seagate drive. Seagate just launched its new line of FreeAgent drives, so last year’s models are now selling [...]

Continue Reading  |  Posted on April 5, 2007  |