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So you’ve just taken apart a hard drive, and you’re looking at all the pieces on your desktop. You’re somehow compelled to use them all in different projects. Why not pull out tha… ...

Until now, the most capacity on any platter was 20GB. Irvine, Calif.-based Western Digital, one of the top five hard-drive makers, said the 30GB version will sell at retail for $119 and the 60GB ...

A typical home desktop computer or laptop hard drive can contain your social security number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and website logins and passwords. This information can ...

"Another day, another replaced hard drive," Chris Cook thought at his tech support desk while unwrapping the unit, fresh from storage. Until he turned the ...

Even if many modern systems eschew classic hard drive storage designs in favor of solid state alternatives, there are still a number of companies working on improving the technology. One of those ...

How hard drives work on a computer . A hard drive traditionally uses a set of spinning metal platters. Each platter has a head that moves rapidly back and forth across the platter, using magnets ...

Seagate is finally offering its largest-ever hard drive – a staggering 32TB in a single drive, made possible by tech which uses lasers to heat and cool tiny sections of a platter in a nanosecond ...

Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.

Seagate Technology Holdings plc today debuted Mozaic 3+, a new hard drive architecture that features a so-called nanophotonic laser for writing data and several other hardware innovations. The co ...