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Toshiba Beefs Up 5400rpm 1.8-Inch Drives to 160GB

Just a few months ago we reported that Toshiba had turned up the spin-speed on its 1.8-inch hard drives to 5400 rpm. And now Toshiba's squeezed yet more storage onto those tiny spinning platters, beefing the storage capactity up to 160GB. Apparently it's the industry's first such drive with a serial ATA interface and it's exactly the sort of thing that could become your ultra-portable PC's new best friend when it goes into mass production in August, alongside a smaller 80GB version. Full press release below. More »

4:48 AM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,900 views, 14 comments

Latest by G2GdoB2B: Recently I was reading an article about the use of HDD, Flash or both [www.internetevolution.com] It seems like the use of both is a great way to use the benefits of both types of storage while technology to increase capacity more »

apple

Leopard Disk Utility Format Issue Screws With Time Machine (But There's An Easy Fix)

The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here's the dilly-o: More »

Feature

12:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Wilson Rothman
66,664 views, 44 comments

easy attachment

Brando Adapts eSATA Drives to USB with a Simple Adapter

We've already seen a clever way to conveniently adapt eSATA hard drives to USB, and now here's an even easier and cheaper way to do that from Brando. It's a $15 adapter, and sure, you'll have to add $10 to that ticket to get a power supply to fire up that drive, but the money saved by using a bare drive instead of buying an enclosure will make up for that. So do the math: You get one of these and a power supply for $25, a Hitachi Deskstar 1TB drive for $300, and you have a TB for $325. Good deal. Or you can get a slower but arguably prettier Western Digital My Book 1TB external drive for around $350. Either way, that's a heap of storage, ain't it? [Brando]

8:48 AM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Charlie White
2,773 views, 10 comments

Latest by Skorpius: The WD MyBook Home Edition has an eSATA and Firewire ports. [tinyurl.com] more »

peripherals

Is This the First Pic of the Xbox 360's 120GB Hard Drive?

Here's a tiny picture to add to all the rumor and speculation about the Xbox 360 120GB drive, and this one is allegedly a promotional poster from videogame retailer GameStop, showing the first shot we've seen of a 120GB "hardrive" that would be on the Xbox 360. More »

9:23 AM on Mon Mar 26 2007
By Charlie White
2,407 views, 14 comments

digital cameras

How to Add More Storage To Your Sony HDR-SR1 Camcorder

If there's one thing we can say about Sony, it's that they're not entirely against people modding up their gear. That is, if you don't count them forcing Lik-Sang out of business. So if you've been a bad boy present-peeker and know you're getting one of these Sony HDR-SR1 hard drive camcorders for Xmas, you'll be pleased to note that the only thing stopping you from upgrading the 30GB 1.8-inch HD to a 80GB 1.8-inch HD is a single screw. More »

1:15 PM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Jason Chen
1,757 views, 12 comments

Latest by NotaDick: Duh. You are an idiot. What do you think the model designation ending in 'L' means? Maybe 'L' is the opposite of 'H'? Figure it out yet? Therefore, the maximum possible upgrade from Toshiba at this time might be 40GB, as MK4009GAL. Of course more »

peripherals

Honey, I Shrunk the 300GB Drive: Fujitsu 2.5-Inch Disk Packs It In

The benefits of perpendicular hard drive technology keep trickling down, where last April we first saw it used in a 300GB 3.5" Seagate Cheetah drive. Now the technology has made its way into even smaller 2.5-inch drives from Fujitsu. The MHX2300BT series of SATA drives were created specifically for laptops, and will be available with 250GB or 300GB capacities, rotating at 4200rpm. More »

1:23 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Charlie White
1,173 views, 7 comments

peripherals

WeibeTech ToughTech Enclosure: Speed and Toughness

WeibeTech just enhanced its ToughTech Enclosure, where the company raised the bar on performance while adding more connectivity to the equation. The company started out by goosing its Oxford 924 bridge which performs faster than its Oxford 922 predecessor when using FireWire 800 and USB 2.0. Then there's that quick-like-a-bunny eSATA port, and you can either add your own 3.5" SATA 1 or 2 drive for transfer rates of 1.5 or 3Gbps, or get an enclosure with a SATA drive included. More »

9:18 AM on Wed Aug 2 2006
By Charlie White
488 views, 2 comments

deals

Such a Deal: Maxtor 200GB for $40

Our new friend at Bargain Jack found a great deal, a Maxtor 200GB internal hard drive for $40 shipped. It's an Ultra ATA/133 disk running at 7200RPM, and it might just be perfect for that array you've been thinking about building. We're liking this deal—Bargain Jack did the math for us, reminding us that we're talking about 63% off retail here. More »

12:32 PM on Fri Jun 30 2006
By Charlie White
795 views, 16 comments

peripherals

SimpleTech Stylish Portable Hard Disks

While most portable hard disks are boxy 6-sided affairs, SimpleTech eschews practicality and is releasing a 5-sided device. Yes, by cutting out one entire side, their 5400RPM, 8MB drives trade balance for style. More »

4:53 PM on Thu Jun 8 2006
By Jason Chen
542 views, Comment

gadgets

Fujitsu Mag EraSURE: Erase Your HD In 60 Seconds

We're far from encouraging people to engage in illegal activities—we didn't look at our naked selves in the mirror until we were over 18—but this 60 second hard disk eraser from Fujitsu has many business applications as well. More »

7:30 PM on Tue May 30 2006
By Jason Chen
862 views, 7 comments

deals

Deal on Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA Drives

Always on the lookout for you, dear readers, we point you toward newegg.com, where there's a sale on Seagate Barracuda 300GB SATA drives running at 7200RPM. Normally these drives cost between $125 and $130 at their lowest (and we've seen a few at $145 or $150), but this deal has them at $100. Good price, and no rebate BS. Buy a bunch of them for a big RAID array. More »

9:42 AM on Fri Apr 7 2006
By Charlie White
929 views, 7 comments

peripherals

Western Digital 8GB 6GB Pocket Passport

Western Digital throws its hat into the portable hard drive ring with its 6GB Pocket Passport, a 1-inch 3600RPM disk drive with a 2MB cache. More »

11:44 AM on Wed Mar 29 2006
By Charlie White
550 views, 3 comments

peripherals

Holographic Drives on the Way This Year?

We've been hearing rumblings of holographic drives and media for years, but now they're actually on the way, ready to be shipped this year. We saw some of these holographic storage prototypes at CES, where 515GB of data can be shoehorned onto a square inch of disk space. More »

9:39 AM on Tue Mar 28 2006
By Charlie White
997 views, 4 comments

portable media

LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive Pre-Order

Remember LaCie's new portable hard drives that we told you about in January? The Skwarim drives designed by Karim Rashid are already out, in pink and blue. More »

11:14 PM on Thu Mar 23 2006
By gizmodo.com
1,076 views, 1 comment

peripherals

Samsungs 32GB Flash Drive: Hard Disk Killer?

Samsung rolled out a 2.5-inch, 32GB flash drive that the company intends to market as a hard drive replacement unit. As it is with solid-state anything, it uses up just a fraction of the energy of devices with moving parts—in this case, 5% of the power of an old-fashoined spinning hard disk. More »

12:23 PM on Tue Mar 21 2006
By Charlie White
20,713 views, 16 comments