According to industry sources, it appears Seagate plans to cease manufacturing IDE hard drives by the end of the year and will focus exclusively on SATA-based products instead.
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From 1994 to 2002, Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer-retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them. This photo gallery is the result.
VA Linux Systems is making a bid to increase Linux's market share where it already has a strong presence - among Internet service providers and application service providers.
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I wish motherboard manufacturers wouldn't consign parallel ATA (PATA) hard drives and the IDE ports they require to the dustbin of history just yet.
Many Linux systems use conservative defaults that could hamper performance but the hdparm tool might overcome this problem.
Here's how to monitor a hard drive's condition and help preempt a catastrophic failure by replacing the drive before it dies.
Find out how the new Serial ATA drive standard works.
If you want to keep Windows XP running smoothly on systems with large hard drives, you'll need to install a patch from Microsoft.
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In the world of hard drives, size matters, but do the other specifications match up? Our tests yield some surprising conclusions that can make choosing a hard drive a whole lot easier.
Ever wonder what's inside your PC? This guide will take you step-by-step through identifying all the standard parts of a computer.
Note the milestones in personal computing: The 1M mark for the floppy was passed about 8 years ago; the 1GHz mark for desktop CPUs was crossed two years ago. Earlier this year another one passed so quietly we barley noticed.
Western Digital is eyeing an entry into the market for hard drives used in notebook PCs.
Consider it grease for your lightning. Seagate's Cheetah X15 is the fastest hard disk drive in the world -- at least if you watch it spin. The 15,000 RPM drive runs circles around its competition and should make a fast workstation into a fire-breather, though you'll pay a premium for its performance: RRP AU$1,140 for an 18.35 GB drive.
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