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		Buzzword Definition - Disk Drive ^Votes:0 TekMom's Tech Buzzwords for Students . . . . . . . . . www.tekmom.com/buzzwords What is a... disk drive ...? Definition: A part of the computer that operates the disks that store information. Explanation: Disk drives are called "storage devices" because they store information on portable or permanent disks (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks and Zip disks). A disk drive spins the disk around at high speeds as it reads and writes data on the disk. Sentence: "Put your floppy in the floppy disk drive ." Find out More! Go directly to "disk drive" in the TechEncyclopedia. Look it up yourself in the FOLDOC dictionary. Back to TekMom's Buzzwords Page Credits and References Page Read More Go to Site

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		Dan Kegel's Fast Hard Drives Page ^Votes:0 Dan Kegel's Fast Hard Drives Page http://www.kegel.com/drives/ Note: This page was originally written in 1997, and this paragraph was updated in February 2000. Much has changed since 1997, e.g. 7200 RPM EIDE drives are now common, 26 gigabyte drives are cheap ($200), and 15000 RPM drives are coming soon . I recently found that my 9.5 ms, 4GB, 5400 rpm EIDE drive might be a bottleneck for my application, so I went shopping for high-performance disk drives and controllers. It seems that the most important consideration in a disk drive is its rotation speed. As of April 1999, 5400 is the most common speed. 7200 is now very reasonably priced. 10000 RPM disks have been out for several years, but are not yet cheap. At least one 13000 RPM model is available. It seems that the highest performance Read More Go to Site

		FAQ - Hard Disk Drives ^Votes:0 Site Search FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Hard disk Drives Last updated: 10/14/04 What do you use to test hard disk drives? Why do Windows 9x fdisk and format commands executed at the DOS prompt report hard disk drives that are larger than 64 GBytes as much small drives? Where does one find the equivalent of the Windows 9x/Me scandisk in Windows 2000? Where does one find the equivalent of the Windows 9x/Me scandisk in Windows XP? Formatting a Hard Disk Drive for Windows XP How do I set a drive to use DMA and change other device settings in Windows 2000/XP? Why doesn't my motherboard see my new 40 Gbyte (or other large capacity) hard disk drive? What are the rules for connecting IDE drive cables (hard disk, CD-ROM, ATA/66/100/133, etc.)? How can I install a laptop hard disk drive in a desktop Read More Go to Site

		Hard Disk Drive Guide - Contents ^Votes:0 Site Search HARD DISK DRIVE GUIDE Contents Last updated: 1/17/2004 Introduction A Brief History of the Hard Disk Drive What is an IDE Hard Disk Drive How a Hard Disk Works - Hard Disk Assembly Heads Servo-Formatting Rules for Working With Hard Disk Drives and Safeguarding Data Ways to Copy the Contents of One Hard Disk to Another RAIDing Windows XP: How to Install Windows XP on a RAID Array of Hard Disk Drives REFERENCES \| Home \| Guides \| How to \| Reviews \| FAQs \| Forums \| Forum Archives \| Links \| News \| \| Newsletter \| Online Store \| Potpourri \| About Dux \| Advertising \| Contact Info \| Privacy \| Copyright, Disclaimer, and Trademark Information Copyright © 1996-2006 Larry F. Byard. All rights reserved. This material or parts thereof may not be copied, published, put on the Internet, rewritt Read More Go to Site

		Hard drive index ^Votes:0 the red hill hardware guide hard drive index Classic hard drives: Golden Oldies: classic drives we used to love and hate More Golden Oldies (52 to 428MB) Still more Golden Oldies (540MB to 2.5GB) 1997 drives (2.1 to 8.4GB) 1998 drives (2.1 to 19.3GB) 1999 drives (3.2 to 28GB) 2000 drives (7.5 to 75GB) 2001 drives (10 to 80GB) 2002 drives (20 to 120GB) 2003 drives (80 to 160GB) Context and background: Odd drives: the weird and the wonderful Assessing reliability Assessing performance The hard drive manufacturers Elite 9 (Seagate). Back to the Red Hill Hardware Guide Back to the Red Hill Home Page Read More Go to Site

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