Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has started to ship its 1TB hard disk drives (HDDs) introduced early this year commercially. But the hard drive that represents a milestone in desktop data storage costs a little less than two times higher compared to slightly less capacious one, which makes it not very affordable.
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6.4.2007 Hitachi aiming for 5TB hard drive by 2010
Solid-state disks may be eating into the territory of traditional hard drives, particularly in laptops, but that doesn't mean spinning platters are on their last legs – particularly not at Hitachi.
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3.7.2008 Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive
Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store.
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27.1.2009 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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4.5.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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18.6.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive 2
A new version of HDerase.exe has been released Go direct to
UCSD’s Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.2.
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19.6.2007 Hard drive price war coming
According to reports, we may witness a price war in the hard drive business industry. At least this is what Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said on Wednesday. Seagate is currently the world's largest hard drive manufacturer and competes with such companies as Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
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13.8.2006 Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Drive
Seagate has confirmed to the folks over at DailyTech, that they plan to launch a 1TB (Terabyte) hard drive sometime in the first half of 2007.
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5.1.2007 Free Hard Drive Virtualization for Windows - SteadyState 2.5
Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.
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13.6.2008 Free Gadget: Hard Drive Diagnosis Software
Is there any funny sound generated when your hard drive is in operation? Here I am introducing a free application that can be used to diagnose your hard drive problem.
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27.7.2008 Microsoft eases hard drive capacity restriction for netbooks
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.
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3.9.2008 Microsoft Addresses Xbox 360 100 GB Hard Drive Rumor
Following yesterday's report on a supposed 100 GB Hard Drive for the Xbox 360 being announced at the Korean X06, we contacted Microsoft to confirm the existence of such accessory.
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22.10.2006 Download Hard Drive Powerwash to Remove Unused Clutter Files in Windows System
Previously we mentioned about BitFinder that can scan for duplicated files to conserve your hard disk space, but if you are looking for some freeware that can do more than that, then this tiny utility may fit your need.
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29.9.2009 Western Digital Launches High-Performance 7200RPM 2TB Drives
Western Digital has announced today that it will be shipping 7200 RPM 2TB drives: the WD RE4 (WD2003FYYS) which is targeted towards servers and enterprise systems, and the 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black (WD2001FASS) for desktop systems
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1.9.2009 Mobile Vista will need hybrid hard drives
Microsoft has confirmed that its mobile version of Vista it will need a hybrid hard drive to run, when it hits the shops.
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15.6.2006 Hard disk test 'surprises' Google
The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers.
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19.2.2007 Mobile Hard Drives Hit 500GB
New Hitachi drive represents a giant leap forward in notebook storage.
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3.1.2008 Terabyte Drive is Coming Now
Having storage problem with your PC? You have downloaded a lot of movies, MP3 songs, games, etc.
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12.2.2007 More hard dates on Vista, Office 12, and AntiSpyware
Here's the latest on Windows Vista, Office 12 Beta, and Antispyware Beta 2:
Windows Vista
Rumors are abound that the RTM date has officially been set for ..
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Windows Vista Testing: The School of Hard Knocks
Some time this month, if Microsoft sticks to schedule, the company will deliver its latest test build of Windows Vista to hundreds of thousands of testers. Seems like a perfect time to contemplate how well Microsoft's Vista beta/Community Technology Preview (CTP) program is going.
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4.4.2006 How to install Windows 7 on a virtual hard disk - VHD
If You want to test Windows 7, without impacting your current installation of Windows XP or Vista on your desktop? A possible solution is: Boot from VHD.
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19.6.2009 Steve Ballmer Vista gave Microsoft some hard lessons
Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, has his hands full. The next version of the Windows operating system, Vista, is about to arrive, years late and clouded by doubts that it might violate antitrust rules in Europe.
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17.10.2006 Windows Live Onecare beta ate my hard disk
A BRIT who downloaded Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare beta is claiming it ate his hard disk. The beta expired and he couldn't buy a licence.
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4.12.2006 Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
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4.12.2005 New Windows Vista Test Drive Website
"The Windows Vista Business test drive allows you to try this latest operating system from Microsoft..."
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6.1.2007 Test drive the new Windows Live suite
You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting later today, you'll be able to test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all.
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5.9.2007 Fujitsu Shows 500GB Laptop Drive
The latest entry in high-capacity notebooks is Fujitsu, which will release a laptop with a 500GB drive in May.
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25.2.2008 Microsoft Hones IE 7's "Drive-by-Download" Defenses
While Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates told security professionals that security is job number one on Tuesday, he's leaving it up to developers like those working up the next version of Internet Explorer to make it happen.
Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7), said Gary Schare, director of product management for IE, will reduce the chance that spyware spreaders can use silent drive-by downloads to infect PCs with malicious software.
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16.2.2006 Microsoft shows off HD DVD drive for Xbox
Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of an external HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console.
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8.8.2006 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006Hitachi GST announces first 7,200RPM 2TB hard drive
Its fun to think that ten years ago the biggest hard drive available was 73 gigabytes. However with the constant and near unstoppable push to solid
state drives, hard disk manufacturers must continue to press on. Fast forward to today and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies becomes just the first
vendor to announce a 2TB 7,200RPM desktop hard drive. Hitachi is not the first hard drive manufacturer to reach 2TB, Western Digital did that earlier
this year, but the first 2TB drives were limited to a read/write of 5,400RPM. Seagate hit 5,900 RPM earlier this year as well, but again these new
drives will have a distinct speed advantage.
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07.08.2009Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive
Western Digital haven't official launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for
purchase at Australia's Mwave online store. Priced at AU$377.80 (US$250) Western Digital will be the first ever hard drive maker to
provide users with a 2TB hard disk drive. Image Courtesy: Engadget So far, Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 packs 500GB per platter, and has the
highest areal density of 329 Gigabits per square inch. Western Digital might have reached this areal density with the release of its 2TB hard drive.
Further product specifications are not known yet.
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27.01.2009Hitachi to form hard drive company with Toshiba, Fujitsu?
Japanese conglomerate, Hitachi, may be in talks with Toshiba and Fujitsu on forming a new company dedicated to hard drives and storage systems. The
new company would combine the limping hard drive divisions of Hitachi and Toshiba as well as some of the storage systems technology from Fujitsu. Each
would own a third. The three-way deal is being proposed as an alternative to a private equity buyout. Hitachi has been in discussions with equity firm
Silver Lake and others about spinning off its money-losing hard drive group, according to sources and news reports. Those talks, however, have not
gone smoothly, sources familiar with the discussions said.
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14.01.2008Seagate release their first 2TB SATA 3.0 hard disk
Seagate have introduced their first hard drive which supports the new SATA 3.0 specification. The Barracuda XT is the Seagate's first drive to use
the new interface, which has a theoretical bandwidth of 6GB/s - double that of the SATA 2.0 (3GB/s) specification. The drive offers 2TB of storage
space, using four platters, according to Seagate (via Techspot). The 7200RPM drive has a sustained data rate of 138MB/s – the fastest speed
achieved by a 7200RPM drive, Seagate claims. The 64MB cache provides "screaming burst rate speeds and improve
overall performance," according to
their website.
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neowin.net - 22.09.2009
Hitachi to Debut 1-Terabyte Drive at CES
Hitachi introduced the first
commercially available
one-terabyte hard drive on
Friday, delivering on a
promise made nearly two years
ago. The drive uses
perpendicular recording
technology in order to store
data...
betanews.com - 06.01.2007
Hitachi Officially Shipping 1TB Drive
Hitachi this week announced it
has ramped up production on
its 1 terabyte hard drive,
shipping the unit to retailers
across the United States.
Pricing for the drive, which
spins at 7,200 RPM and
features a Serial ATA
interface is set at $399 USD...
betanews.com - 27.04.2007
Seagate plans SSD, 2TB hard drive for next year
Seagate will introduce its first SSD (solid-state drive) storage and 2TB hard drive next year, company CEO Bill Watkins said.
The company's first SSD product will be targeted at enterprises that need speedy storage and can afford to pay a premium for the expensive
drives. Seagate has no plans to release SSD drives for consumers as the high prices could deter them for the next few years, Watkins said in an
interview.
The release date and price information for the 2TB hard drive were not available. Seagate released 1TB hard drives,
the Barracuda 7200.11 and Barracuda ES.2, in the middle of 2007.
winbeta.org - 30.05.2008
Western Digital's 2TB Caviar Green hard drive
Late last week Western Digital briefed us on their forthcoming release of a new addition to their Caviar Green family of hard drives.
No
we're not talking some sort of exotic sushi or cracker-bound fish egg here either but rather a new, rather humongous and environmentally more
friendly hard drive from WD, that can be considered an "industry first". Today marks the day that standard rotational media breaks the 2TB barrier.
Let's spell that out a bit more clearly again here; T-W-O full Terabytes of SATA-based storage on a single, standard 3.5" hard drive.
Those of you on the consumer side of the market, hording gigs of music, movies, pictures and other media just got a bunch more breathing room to play
with. And those of you in the enterprise space now have a new option to consider with respect to bulk, low-cost, power-efficient storage. Perhaps
that rack just got a little smaller or the need to cool it a little less? well anyway the 2TB Monster is available from a starting price of $299.
jcxp.net - 27.01.2009
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 (1 Terabyte) HDD review
The terabyte race for consumer
desktop hard drives has been
on for a long time, now the
first generation of drives is
here. On April 25th, Hitachi
announced that it would begin
shipping the Deskstar 7K1000,
their latest series of
consumer hard drives,
weighting in at 750GB and a
monstrous 1000GB (1TB). The
1TB version which we are
reviewing today is slated at
$399, a serious price tag
for this colossal amount of
storage.
The
Deskstar 7K1000 represents a
milestone for Hitachi and for
the hard drive industry as a
whole, as it is the first
drive to offer a 1 terabyte
capacity. However, Hitachi has
not simply grabbed five 200GB
platters and stuck them
together to create a 1TB hard
drive. Rather, there is much
more to the Deskstar 7K1000,
such as its Serial ATA II
interface and the massive 32MB
memory buffer. This is also
the first desktop Hitachi
drive to feature PMR
technology (Perpendicular
Magnetic Recording).
neowin.net - 21.06.2007
Hitachi aiming for 5TB hard drive by 2010
Hitachi has announced plans to have a commercial 3.5-inch hard drive on the market that can hold 5TB. They hope for this to be available by 2010.
Hard drive specialist Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is continuing to push HDDs to the limit, with a strong emphasis on increasing
capacity and with a clear goal in mind.
The space will be achieved using 'current perpendicular-to-the-plane giant
magnetoresistance', or in short, CPP-GMR.
CPP-GMR pushes data density above 1TB per square inch, a long-awaited threshold that promises
drives many times larger than those available today.
neowin.net - 03.07.2008
Hitachi Shrinks Hard Drives, Boosts Capacity
Microdrive miniature hard drive will be available in an 8GB version...
pcworld.com - 02.09.2005
Mobile Hard Drives Hit 500GB
Notebook PC disk storage leaps into the stratosphere today, hitting the half-terabyte mark with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' announcement
of a 500GB 2.5-inch mobile hard drive. Due out in February 2008, the $400 Travelstar 5K500 drive will dramatically expand the capacity possible in
today's notebook PC designs.
Hitachi's announcement makes it the largest capacity mobile 2.5-inch hard drive. Previous high-water
capacity marks for 2.5-inch drives included Fujitsu's 300GB drive and Toshiba's 320GB drive. Hitachi's jump to 500GB represents a whopping
36 percent increase in a single bound. (Hitachi also announced a 400GB version for $350.)
neowin.net - 03.01.2008
Interview with Hitachi GST's Shiv Shivaji
The Hard Drive Plays a
Critical Role in Overall
Gaming System Capacity and
Performance.
We
recently had the opportunity
to exchange information with
Shiv Shivaji, Hitachi GST's
Director for 3.5-inch (Hard
Drive) Commercial and Consumer
products. He was kind enough
of telling us a bit about his
role at Hitachi GST, and give
us an expert's perspective on
the present and future of
personal desktop storage.
neowin.net - 25.04.2007
Western Digital launches a 2 TB internal hard drive
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28.01.2009Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies has started to
ship its 1TB hard disk drives
which were commercially
introduced early this year.
Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000
HDS721010KLA330 model features
five 200GB platters and ten
heads, has a 7200RPM motor as
well as a 32MB data buffer.
The manufacturer claims that
the drive has a 8.5ms read
seek time, a 9.2ms write seek
time and 1070Mb/s (133.75MB/s)
maximum media transfer rate.
Currently the company ships
1TB hard disk drive that use
the Serial ATA-300 interface,
but a model with Parallel ATA
interface is also expected to
be available.
Hitachi's 1TB hard disk
drive indisputably represents
a milestone in desktop
storage, as the 1GB landmark
in desktops was achieved back
in 1995. As with many
top-of-the-line purchases,
end-users will have to pay a
significant premium for 1TB on
a single drive. Currently
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 hard
disk drives are available in
Japan for ¥51 500 - ¥55980
($433 - $470), much
higher compared to Seagate
Barracuda 750GB, which retails
for ¥29400 - ¥39660 ($247
- $333) in Tokyo. The
recommended price of the 1TB
drive from Hitachi for the
U.S. is $399, whereas
Seagate's 750GB product costs
starting from $249 in the
country.
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06.04.2007Hitachi changes the Fabrik of its consumer HDD strategy
betanews.com - 24.02.2009
Coming to your laptop: 1.2TB hard drives
As hard drive manufacturers
relentlessly pursue packing
greater aerial density on
smaller devices, Fujitsu
Computer Products of America
Inc. may have an ace in the
hole. The company is
announcing later this week
that it has created ideally
"ordered" alumina nanohole
patterns for isolated
bit-by-bit recording on a
large disk area.
With that feat,
Fujitsu says it has
successfully demonstrated the
ability to perform basic
read/write capability of each
individual nanohole of the
patterned media using a
typical flying head on a
rotating disk. That
breakthrough could lead the
company to produce hard drives
with storage capacities of up
to 1.2TB on a two-platter,
2.5-in. drive as soon as 2010,
noted Joel Hagberg, vice
president of business
development at Fujitsu
Computer Products of America,
a wholly owned subsidiary of
Tokyo-based Fujitsu Ltd.
The
construction of ideally
ordered alumina nanohole
patterned media was done
through a collaboration
between Fujitsu Computer
Products of America, Yamagata
Fujitsu Ltd. and Kanagawa
Academy of Science and
Technology. The achievement is
published in the July online
version of Applied Physics
Letters.
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winbeta.org - 09.08.2007
Toshiba Ships First Perpendicular Drive
While Seagate and Hitachi may have garnered all the attention surrounding new perpendicular recording technology, which enables hard drives to store more data by standing bits upright, Toshiba has reached the market first. The company on Tuesday announced it is shipping a 1.8-inch drive that packs 40GB onto a single disk platter...
betanews.com - 16.08.2005
1000GB Blu-ray Recorder Announced By Hitachi
Hitachi has revealed a
1 Terabyte Blu-ray recorder at
the Harvey Norman retail
conference being held at the
Melbourne Convention
Centre.
According to Hitachi
Australia the device will go
on sale in 2008 for around
AU$2,000 (US$1665).
A
leader in storage devices,
Hitachi has also released in
the USA for US$400 the
Deskstar 7K1000. It was first
announced at CES 2007 as the
world's first one-terabyte
hard drive and has now been
shipping for a month.
winbeta.org - 13.05.2007
Hitachi Aims To Beat Seagate To Market With 1TB HDD
A day after rival Seagate
Technology announced plans to
ship a 1-Tbyte hard drive in
the first half of this year,
Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies said it would
release its first 1-Tbyte
drive within three months.
Hitachi said Friday that at
next week's Consumer
Electronics Show in Las Vegas,
it will demonstrate the
1-Tbyte Deskstar 7K1000 drive,
slated to ship in the first
quarter and carry a street
price of $399. Hitachi
also said it would ship a
CinemaStar version of the
drive that's optimized for
digital video recorder (DVR)
applications.
neowin.net - 05.01.2007
