21. Hardware Components: Hard Drives HARD DRIVE POWER CONNECTOR Hard disk drives use a standard, DATA INTERFACE CONNECTOR OR CARD Modern hard disk drives use one of two interfaces IDE http://www.millbury.k12.ma.us/~hs/techrepair/hard.html

HARD DISK DRIVES How to install a hard drive Installing and Troubleshooting a Hard Drive Hard Drives - An Introduction About Hard Drives More resources below. Function - The hard disk drive is a permanent storage area for data and the programs used to create the data. Inside the hard disk drive are individual platters covered on both sides with a special magnetic material. Drives work by writing small magnetic charges onto the surface of the disk platter. These platters spin at thousands of Revolution per Minute (RPM). Description : HDD systems consist of a hard disk drive, a disk controller, jumpers, and a cable. On some PC's the controller is a separate expansion board that interfaces the system through an expansion slot. Power is supplied by direct cabling to the power supply. There are different hard drive interfaces, such as, IDE, EIDE, SCSI, etc., which will be discussed below. Hard disks are measured by their capacity, that is, how many megabytes it can store. Older drives hold up to 20 - 500 MB. Newer models hold 1 - 6 gigabyte (GB) and more. The best drives are physically small, spin fast, have fast seek times, have large buffers, and a long warranty. The rule of thumb today is $.10 (cents) a megabyte. Special purpose drives that sit outside your computer and are connected by a cable to a special port are called external drives . The most popular are the Zip and Jazz drives today. NOTE: The following information has been taken directly from THE PC GUIDE and broken down into a drive's specific elements so that students can study hard drive components with facility and learn how a hard drive works.

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24. What Is Disk Drive? - A Word Definition From The Webopedia Computer Dictionary There are different types of disk drives for different types of disks. Also contains links to companies and manufacturers and PC hardware related links. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/disk_drive.html

You are in the: Small Business Computing Channel View Sites + ECommerce-Guide Small Business Computing ... »Close Enter a word for a definition... ...or choose a computer category. choose one... All Categories Communications Computer Industry Companies Computer Science Data Graphics Hardware Internet and Online Services Mobile Computing Multimedia Networks Open Source Operating Systems Programming Software Standards Types of Computers Wireless Computing World Wide Web Home Term of the Day New Terms Pronunciation ... Be a Commerce Partner disk drive Last modified: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 A machine that reads data from and writes data onto a disk . A disk drive rotates the disk very fast and has one or more heads that read and write data. There are different types of disk drives for different types of disks. For example, a hard disk drive (HDD) reads and writes hard disks , and a floppy drive (FDD) accesses floppy disks . A magnetic disk drive reads magnetic disks, and an optical drive reads optical disks Disk drives can be either internal (housed within the computer ) or external (housed in a separate box that connects to the computer).

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26. Home : Hardware : Disk Drives The Windows Registry Guide, formerly RegEdit.com, disk drives category for Fixed and Removable disk drives. http://www.winguides.com/registry/category.php/50/

Home Registry Security Forums ... Contacts Registry Guide for Windows Part of the WinGuides Network [Advanced Search] Features Home Page Support Forums Downloads Registry Tutorial ... Tweak Manager Information Suggest Tweak Contact Us Link to Us Related Links ... Affiliate Program Already a member? Sign in Not a member? Register Recommended Download 1. Spyware Doctor 2. Registry Mechanic 3. Privacy Guardian Home Hardware Disk Drives Change Drive Name and Icon (All Windows) Popular This tweak allows you to change the name and icon shown in Explorer for a specific drive letter. Convert an IEEE 1394 Device to a Dynamic Disk Drive (Windows XP) This tweak allows you to convert an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 1394 (FireWire) disk drive to a dynamic disk drive. Enable 48-bit LBA Support for Large Hard Drives (Windows 2000/XP) By default Windows 2000 SP2, Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows do not support 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA) for drives larger than 137GB as defined in the ATA/ATAPI 6.0 specification. Enable UDMA66 Mode on Intel Chipsets (Windows 2000/XP) Popular If you have a computer with an Intel chipset that supports UDMA66, you will still find that UDMA66 mode is disabled by default on Windows 2000 computers. This tweak allows you to enable or disable it.

27. Hard Disk Drives - A CompInfo Directory Find the best sources of Internetbased information on Hard disk drives. FAQS - comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Forum - disk drives (Dux Computer http://www.compinfo-center.com/stor/hard_disk.htm

CompInfo - The Computer Information Center The top one-stop reference resource for corporate IT, computers and communications Millions of IT users world-wide rely on our Web-based support resources Tell your colleagues and friends, and bookmark us at http://www.compinfo-center.com/ Computer Magazines Computer ... Resources Hard Disk Drives - Outline Topic Outline KnowledgeBases Newsgroups and FAQs Magazines and Ezines ... Key Training Providers Hard Disk Drives - Knowledge Bases Disc Drive Encyclopedia (Seagate) Includes information on disc drives, troubleshooting and utilities Drive Definition Database (Chris Hooper) Details on drives from major manufacturers over the past few years. Includes SCSI, IDE/ATA, PCMCIA, MFM, RLL, ESDI, IPI and SMD Hard Disk Database (PC Benutzer-Service GmbH,) "5,200 hard disk drives, 1,500 Controllers, Layouts, Jumpersettings, Utilities, Links, etc." Hard drive glossary (Maxtor) Hard Drive Specification And Jumper Settings (F. Robert Falbo) The purpose of this site is to provide you with the specifications and setup information you'll need to install storage peripherals High Performance Storage System (HPSS) HPSS provides a scalable parallel storage system for highly parallel computers as well as traditional supercomputers and workstation clusters.

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29. Sun FIre(TM) 280R Server Owner's Guide: 4 - Hardware And Software Configuration The following figure shows the system s two internal disk drives. The hotplug feature of the system s internal disk drives allows the removal and http://docs.sun.com/source/806-4806-10/hw_conf7.htm

About Internal Disk Drives The Sun Fire 280R server supports up to two internal, hot-pluggable Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) disk drives. Drives are 3.5 inches wide and 1 inch high (8.89 cm x 2.54 cm). On the right side of each installed disk drive is a green indicator LED. These LEDs indicate the operating status associated with each disk drive. If the drive is being accessed its LED blinks. Continuous LED lighting indicates the drive is ready for the system to use. The Solstice DiskSuite software supplied with the Solaris server media kit lets you use internal Hot-Plug Configuration Rules The following rules apply for your system: You must use Sun supported standard 3.5 inch wide and 1 inch high (8.89 cm x 2.5 cm) disk drives that are FC-AL compatible and run at 10,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). The FC-AL IDs for the disks are hardwired on the disk backplanes. There is no need to set any jumpers on the disk drives themselves. The FC-AL target address of each disk drive is determined by the slot location where the drive is connected to its FC-AL backplane. The internal disk drives share the internal FC-AL with the external FC-AL connector.

30. Docs.sun.com: NFS Server Performance And Tuning Guide For Sun Hardware Solaris 8 2/04 on Sun hardware Collection NFS Server Performance and Using smaller disk drives is much better than operating with one large disk http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/806-2195-10/6jbe8uach?a=view

31. Removable Disk Drives - Storage - Everything USB Removable disk drives. Tape drives. - USB Flash drives. - USB-to-IDE Enclosures Home hardware Storage Removable disk drives http://www.everythingusb.com/hardware/Storage/Removable_Disk_Drives.htm

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34. A+ Exam Cram: Hardware Troubleshooting Techniques hardware troubleshooting for floppy disk drives primarily involves exchanging the FDD unit for another one that is working. If necessary, exchange the http://www.examcram2.com/articles/article.asp?p=341241&seqNum=9

35. Hardware Troubleshooting Techniques Troubleshooting Hard disk drives. Typical symptoms associated with hard disk drive HDD hardware Checks. If you cannot access the hard disk drive, http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=347825&seqNum=10

36. "(Standard CD-ROM Drives)" Or "(Standard Disk Drives)" Appears For The CD-ROM An Describes an issue where the SMS hardware inventory does not capture manufacturer (Standard CDROM drives) or (Standard disk drives) appears for the http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=886088

37. An Illustrated Guide To Disk Drives - Storage Media. An illustrated Guide to disk drives storage media.Understand the drives Easy-read introduction to hard disks, floppies and optical drives. http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/module4a.htm

KarbosGuide.com. Module 4a. Drives are storage media Next page Previous page A drive is the name for several types of storage media. There are also storage media, which are not drives (RAM, Tape Streamers), but on these pages, we will discuss the drives. Common to drive medium is: A file system can be assigned to them. They are recognized by the operating system and they are assigned a drive letter During start up, drives are typically recognized by the PC system software (ROM BIOS + operating system). Thus, the PC knows which drives are installed. At the end of this configuration, the appropriate drive letter is identified with each drive. If a drive is not "seen" during start up, it will not be accessible to the operating system. However, some external drives contain special soft-ware, allowing them to be connected during operation. Some examples of drives [top] Storage media Drive letter Floppy disks A: B: Hard disk C: D: E: CDROM/DVD F: MO drive G: Network drive M: RAM disk O: On this and the following pages, I will describe the various drive types, their history and technology. The last two drive types in the above table will not be covered. Storage principles [top] Storage: Magnetic or optic.

38. DarkVision Hardware - Maxtor Will Not Produce 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives Maxtor will not produce 2.5inch hard disk drives. DV hardware bringing you the hottest news about processors, graphics cards, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ATi, http://www.dvhardware.net/article4036.html

DV Hardware bringing you the hottest news about processors, graphics cards, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ATi, hardware and technology! Home Your Account News submit News Archives ... Login/sign up Main Menu Home User account Info News archives ... Forum Who's Online There are currently 430 guests and 1 DV-member(s) online. Maxtor will not produce 2.5-inch hard disk drives Posted on Tuesday, January 25 2005 @ 18:34:11 CET by LSDsmurf Maxtor cut the decision on Monday to not produce 2.5-inch hard disk drives. As a result of this the company will face charges of $5.4 million to $7.0 million. Maxtor said it made its decision on Jan. 18, adding that it expects to spend $7.6 million to $9.0 million to pay third- party vendors for tooling, equipment, and component parts inventory related to the suspended disk drive. More info at Reuters Send to a friend Submit it newsletter Threshold No Comments Nested Flat Thread Oldest First Newest First Highest Scores First The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content. DarkVision Hardware All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner.

39. DarkVision Hardware - Roundup : 13 IDE Hard Disk Drives Roundup 13 IDE Hard disk drives. DV hardware bringing you the hottest news about processors, graphics cards, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ATi, hardware and http://www.dvhardware.net/article413.html

DV Hardware bringing you the hottest news about processors, graphics cards, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ATi, hardware and technology! Home Your Account News submit News Archives ... Login/sign up Main Menu Home User account Info News archives ... Forum Who's Online There are currently 430 guests and 1 DV-member(s) online. Roundup : 13 IDE Hard Disk Drives Posted on Sunday, September 22 2002 @ 06:40:34 CEST by LSDsmurf X-bit Labs has made a roundup of 13 HDD's ! At first, we planned to carry out the performance comparison for three Western Digital HDDs with the large cache-buffer (WD800JB, WD1000JB and WD1200JB). A comparison like that could show us how WD hard disks with different storage capacity and the same cache-buffer perform compared with one another. But all these tests couldn't answer the most urgent question: what the slowest member of the JB family looks against the background of its competitors from other manufacturers (of the same capacity, but with a 2MB cache-buffer). Moreover, as I applied the new testing methodology and used new benchmarks to test the WD800JB, I found myself in the already familiar situation when there's nothing to compare the new disk drive with In the end, a small article about a better value WD800JB with smaller storage capacity nevertheless being as fast as both WD1000JB and WD1200JB, turned into a comprehensive roundup of hard drives with IDE-interface. It comes on the threshold of the invasion of new HDDs. Let me remind you that we expected new HDDs with 60GB platters, new interface, etc. to arrive in the end of the summer or the beginning of the fall.

40. Hardware Options Continued - Disk Drives Intoduction to hard drives, floppy drives, CD, and DVD drives for the first time computer buyer. http://www.infohq.com/Computer/disk-drive-options.htm

Hot Deals from Dell Home Systems Compare Online Computer Prices at DealTime!! Site Directory Home Computer Buying Advice Online CPA Site Search ... Compare Prices Article Index Introduction and Index Computer Buying Considerations Computer Hardware Options- CPUs and System RAM Disk Drive Options ... Recommended Computer Systems Related Articles Desktop Computer Hardware Requirements College Computer Buying Guide Laptop Buying Guide Best Selling Laptops and Desktops ... Compare Disk Drive Prices at DealTime Use the search box below. Compare Prices: Computer Buying Advice Online CPA Free Email What is Free Email? ... About Us Read Our Latest Tech Watch Newsletter Join our mailing list and receive the InfoHQ Tech Watch Newsletter! subscribe unsubscribe Computer Buying Primer Hardware Options Continued - Disk Drives Hard Disk Drives With hard disk drives, both speed and size matters. In terms of the brand, I would personally stick with the leading brand names like IBM, Seagate, Western Digital, or Maxtor. With hard disk drives there are basically five different types, EIDE, SCSI, Firewire, Serial ATA, and USB.

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