Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.

When it comes to traditional platter drives, the most innovative company on the block is Seagate. Seagate has many firsts under their belt, more than what I could possibly go into in an article about ...

Manufacturers seal hard drives in hermetic rooms to avoid any contamination by particles of dust, a single one of which can completely destroy a hard drive. If you were to open one up, however, you ...

With due respect, It's not looking good for that drive. Most of the solutions are non-ideal and the part you're looking at won't do a bit of good. If you have the missing part, you may be able to rig ...

While not quite having reached the “dime a dozen” category, external hard drives have certainly proliferated over the past few years. The concept is simple: take a drive that normally has an ...

Brainout asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum to explain some of the words used to describe hard drives and storage. Technical terms can get overwhelming, especially when they include too ...

The 250-Gbyte Scorpio WD2500BEVS 2.5-in. SATA hard-disk drive employs perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology for high capacity. It features 5,400-rpm spin speed, an 8-Mbyte buffer, and ...

This cleverly disguised 2.5-inch RAID enclosure drastically improved the performance of our hard drives in RAID 0. But continuing problems with configuring SSDs leaves us unable to recommend it in ...

In today's day and age, files are always getting bigger, and bigger files mean you're going to need more storage space for your PC. Hard drive enclosures are one of the best ways that you can add more ...

Here is another SATA HDD dock from the guys over at Brando, the Dual SATA HDD Multi-Function Dock with One Touch Backup. The Dual SATA HDD Multi-Function Dock with One Touch Backup will take either ...

You just can't beat hard drives for storing lots of data ... Well, I can't, anyway.