Tools Of The Trade: Maxtor's external hard drives for storing data from overloaded computers

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External FireWire Hard Drives

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Iomega intros new external hard drives

Iomega intros new external hard drives 03/17/2005 04:02 AM
Iomega Corp. on Wednesday added two new series of hard drives to its line-up: a new Iomega Portable Hard Drive in capacities as high as 100GB and the External Hard Drive Silver Series, with as much as 250GB of storage. The diminutive Iomega Portable Hard Drive draws power over a USB 2.0 port and uses a 2.5-inch disk that spins at 4200rpm. It comes with Iomega Automatic Backup and MusicMatch Jukebox software and is compatible with all versions of Mac OS X. 40GB (US$119.95), 60GB ($149.95) and 80GB ($199.95) capacities are available now while the 100GB ($299.95) version will ship during the second quarter.

Coming soon: External SATA hard drives

Coming soon: External SATA hard drives 01/10/2004 12:27 AM
External hard drives offer easy and practical storage, but they aren't as speedy as the internal models - yet. Vendors working on a new technical specification say that the first fast, new models of external drives could ship by midyear.

SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external
hard drives

SimpleTech offers 160, 250GB external
hard drives 02/10/2004 10:41 AM
SimpleTech Inc. is better known for their flash memory and RAM products, but the company also offers conventional external hard disks for Mac and PC users looking for more storage capacity. The company has announced its 160GB and 250GB SimpleDrive External Hard Drives, to be unveiled at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show that kicks off later this week.

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared 03/17/2005 03:10 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives Designed For
Speed

Maxtor's New 300-GB Drives Designed For
Speed 08/16/2004 02:41 PM
Maxtor Corp. announced a pair of Serial ATA hard drives on Monday, increasing capacities to 300 Mbytes while offering native command queuing and a significantly larger 16-Mbyte buffer.

Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential
With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives
and Hard Disk Drives

Keep Your Confidential Data Confidential
With Biometric Fingerprint Flash Drives
and Hard Disk Drives 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
Now you can have safe, secure, portable storage of your confidential business and personal data with the biometric fingerprint ClipDrive Bio USB Flash Drive and the Outbacker USB biometric fingerprint Hard Disk Drive. The devices are non-operational until a validated fingerprint or password is received. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2005]

Over 70% of used hard drives bought on
eBay contain sensitive data

Over 70% of used hard drives bought on
eBay contain sensitive data 06/06/2005 12:06 AM

Tools Of The Trade: The Orange 3G data
card

Tools Of The Trade: The Orange 3G data
card 08/07/2004 05:31 PM
Independent Aug 7 2004 9:38PM GMT

Tools Of The Trade: A remote, secure
service for backing up your computer
data

Tools Of The Trade: A remote, secure
service for backing up your computer
data 05/16/2004 03:42 AM
Independent May 16 2004 6:48AM GMT

Storing Data In Cow Guts?

Storing Data In Cow Guts? 07/21/2004 04:20 PM

IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives

IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives 07/15/2004 08:59 AM

For embedded computing hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard drive is usually the last non-solid-state part in the whole deployment. And while most engineers will just use a Compact Flash card, sometimes the only option is an ATA (hard drive) connection; that's where the IFD-iV flash memory parts from IO Data Device Corporation come in. Basically just flash memory drives, the defining feature of the IFD-iVs (besides fairly rugged operating specifications) is that they use the standard ATA connection of a hard drive, meaning they can be deployed in place of hard drives when necessary. Models up to 2GB in capacity will be available for around $2,100 -- maybe we'll just deal with the fragile hard drives instead.
Read - Flash memory ATA hard drive [TechJapan]

Update: Reader Tom Lee brings up a much cheaper option for hackers on a budget (after the jump.)

SUGOI DISK External S-ATA Drives

SUGOI DISK External S-ATA Drives 03/28/2005 01:22 PM

System Talks Corporation has introduced the "SUGOI DISK," a series of five external Serial ATA hard drives. Ranging from 160GB to 400GB capacities, the SUGOI DISKs are housed in aluminum. The drives also include a "port bracket" for connecting to both serial ATA interface and power. Otherwise, you're stuck using an AC adapter.

Press Release [System Talks]

Related
Finally, The SUGOI CARD [Gizmodo]

10.3: Auto unmount external drives on
logout

10.3: Auto unmount external drives on
logout 11/07/2003 11:03 AM
Now that they are getting the FireWire issue straightened out, a new little feature in Panther is coming in handy. I keep my "Home" on an external FireWire drive so I can have all of my files at home or work. In Jaguar, getti...

Western Digital debuts new external
drives

Western Digital debuts new external
drives 01/09/2004 09:49 PM
Western Digital Corp. has introduced two new external drives: the Media Center and a series of hard drives with Dual-option Backup.

'ClickConnect,' 'xSATA' Coming to
External Drives

'ClickConnect,' 'xSATA' Coming to
External Drives 03/14/2005 05:41 PM
Improvements to Serial ATA cables will roll out in the coming months as a promoter organization works to take the spec outside the box.

Addonics converts SATA devices to
external drives

Addonics converts SATA devices to
external drives 06/22/2004 09:26 AM
Addonics Technologies on Tuesday introduced a US$29 SATA - IDE/ATAPI converter that converts Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives or SATA-based optical storage devices to standard IDE interface storage devices that can communicate with a Mac or PC using external USB or FireWire interfaces. The converter can also make such drives read-only devices using IDE Write blocking.

Macworld: Kano shows off external DVD,
storage drives

Macworld: Kano shows off external DVD,
storage drives 01/06/2004 04:26 AM
Kano Technologies Corp. is using Macworld Conference & Expo to introduce their new dual-format portable SLIM DVD drive, which writes at 4x speeds and is .75 inch thick while weighing less than a pound. It sports both USB 2.0 and FireWire ports. The company will also show off their recently announced K8XTREME dual-format external FireWire DVD drive -- which writes DVD +/-R at 8x speeds and DVD +/-RW at 4x speeds, with 32x16x40 for CD-R -- as well as their complete line of FireWire 800 external hard drives at booth #722 in Moscone Center.

External hard drive goes wireless

External hard drive goes wireless 06/15/2004 03:35 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 15 2004 8:07AM GMT

Wireless Connection To An External Hard
Drive

Wireless Connection To An External Hard
Drive 06/14/2004 10:47 PM
I have a fairly convoluted set of alternate backup systems that seems to get more complex every time I have yet another catastrophic hard drive failure (such as the latest, which occurred two weeks ago). Right now I have two external USB hard drives, one Mirra backup server, and an offsite service that scoops up data off of my computer every few hours and stores it in some hidden location. The second USB hard drive is because the latest hard drive failure (only a week after I had been told the machine had been "fixed") happened while I was away and didn't have access to the other USB hard drive that remained at home, or the Mirra server which only accepts backups on the local network. The offsite remote backup worked, but was slow and had limited space. So, I ended up with another external hard drive to save whatever data I could get off the old hard drive before it kicked it for good. When I got back home and went back to my old crappy desktop (which is here for just these circumstances) I discovered that the USB connections on this machine no longer work - so I can't actually access the data saved on the hard drive (though, I can access older data on the Mirra device). Unfortunately, I can't seem to get data from the hard drive to the Mirra device, so I'm basically stuck until I get my laptop back and it has a working USB system. With that backdrop in mind, it's great that Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to offer a wireless way to connect to an external hard drive. Basically, they've created a bridge that lets an external hard drive connect directly to a wireless router (which, in some ways, just mimics what the Mirra backup server is supposed to do, though with fewer features). Either way, it looks like backup systems are getting easier and easier, meaning no one has any excuse not to have something set up these days. Of course, the next time my hard drive fails, I'm sure I'll need to pick up one of these new systems.

Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For
PVRs

Maxtor To Ship External Hard Drive For
PVRs 04/27/2004 04:12 PM
Maxtor Corp. said Tuesday that it will ship an external hard drive specifically designed to connect to personal video recorders.

Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With
Built-In USB Cable

Freecom FHD-XS External Hard Drive With
Built-In USB Cable 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
JOEL JOHNSON -- Freecom Technologies has announced four external USB drives, including the good looking FHD-XS, a bus-powered 40GB 1.8-inch hard drive with an integreated USB cable. If 2003 was the year of Yet Another Flash Drive, I welcome 2004 as the year of Yet Another USB Hard Drive. Read...

TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive

TikiMac intros Kuna external hard drive 07/06/2004 10:14 AM
TikiMac on Tuesday announced Kuna, a new aluminum-clad external hard disk drive in capacities from 120GB to 400GB. The drive features two FireWire 400 ports and a USB 2.0 port, and features an interlocking design that permits users to stack multiple Kuna drives horizontally to save space. TikiMac uses 7200RPM hard drive mechanisms with 8MB caches. Prices range from US$169.99 to $499.99 depending on capacity.

Maxtor, Linksys to debut wireless
external hard drive

Maxtor, Linksys to debut wireless
external hard drive 06/14/2004 08:59 PM
The two want to make it easy to put hard drives on wireless networks, even at home or in small offices.

Western Digital's Media Center external
hard drive

Western Digital's Media Center external
hard drive 01/07/2004 07:12 PM
New external 250GB hard drive from Western Digital that comes with a built-in Flash memory. The confusingly named Media Center has slots CompactFlash, Memory Stick,...

Western Digital expands external hard
drive line

Western Digital expands external hard
drive line 09/09/2004 10:31 PM
Western Digital has expanded its line of Mac-compatible external hard drives...

LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme

LaCie Introduces Largest and Fastest
External Hard Drive:The 1.6 Terabyte
Bigger Disk Extreme 07/14/2004 03:23 AM
- Professional choice for video/audio editing and imaging- Largest storage with up to 1.6 terabyte capacity- Fastest throughput for optimal editing - No setup required with built-in RAID 0 array [PRWEB Jul 14, 2004]

Hottest Hard Drives

Hottest Hard Drives 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
In 20 years, the hard disk drive has progressed from an IBM PC luxury add-on to an indispensable part of any computer, and finally to a component so inexpensive it can be upgraded on impulse. What are today's hottest hard drives, and what is on the horizon for this vital technology?

Defragment All Hard Drives

Defragment All Hard Drives 09/20/2004 01:00 PM

Arg! Memory, XP, and hard drives...

Arg! Memory, XP, and hard drives... 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
Ok... Sorry for the delay in posting anything. "ultra" - my main box, has had some issues during the last...

Next-Generation Hard Drives

Next-Generation Hard Drives 11/07/2003 11:04 AM

200 Gig Hard-Drives on sale at CompUSA

200 Gig Hard-Drives on sale at CompUSA 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
There are a few good things about being on travel I have a chance to spend a little extra time...

Green Tea Good for Hard Drives

Green Tea Good for Hard Drives 04/29/2004 05:00 AM
The same tannins in green tea that cause stains to form on your mugs and teapots could save the hard-drive manufacturing industry some serious dough, says a team of researchers. By Amit Asaravala.

Other News: WiFi Hard Drives

Other News: WiFi Hard Drives 04/12/2004 10:04 AM
Hooking up hard drives to wireless networks may shortly become easier.

Labs look beyond today's hard drives

Labs look beyond today's hard drives 07/21/2004 09:37 AM
ZDNet Jul 21 2004 2:09PM GMT

Hitachi to bring 1TB hard drives soon

Hitachi to bring 1TB hard drives soon 04/05/2005 04:32 AM

New Technology for More Spacious Hard
Drives

New Technology for More Spacious Hard
Drives 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
An old adage in the computer industry holds that you can never be too rich or have too much space on your hard drive. That may be difficult to believe now, considering that the hard drives in many personal computers sold today can now store the digital equivalent of several complete sets of encyclopedias. And leave plenty of room to spare.

Not-So-Clean Hard Drives For Sale

Not-So-Clean Hard Drives For Sale 06/08/2004 11:40 PM
Slashdot Jun 9 2004 4:16AM GMT

Grim times for hard drives

Grim times for hard drives 05/28/2004 06:14 AM
ZDNet UK May 28 2004 9:49AM GMT
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Mirra

Mirra 04/04/2005 06:05 AM

I had a few friends tell me about Mirra and now it's starting to look pretty nice.

400G drive - automatically backs up everything and also makes it available as a ftp server. Everything you do or have. Automatically.

Om has a bit on their latest deal with Best Buy.

Look in the Mirra

Look in the Mirra 01/02/2004 09:31 AM
USA Today Jan 2 2004 8:29AM ET

The Mirra arrives

The Mirra arrives 12/02/2003 11:06 AM
The Mirra Personal Server is finally out. Basically, a hard drive that connects to your home network, the Mirra can be set to automatically backup and synchronize files from all the computers in the house so that if there's a crash, you'll always have your data. It can also be accessed remotely over the Internet if you ever need to get some file while on the road or want to share MP3s or digital photos with friends. We've been playing around with one for the past week or so, and it works as advertised (well, except that the first one they sent was defective). It's been automatically backing up our documents folder, and we were able to upload our MP3 collection and then access it from a web browser. Om Malik has some more details about the Mirra on his blog. Read - Mirra.com Read - GigaOm...

Mirra Personal Server

Mirra Personal Server 12/31/2003 10:50 PM

Mirra Personal Server: I don't know why a continual backup system qualifies something as a "server," but I knew things were going to head in this direction someday.

The Mirra Personal Server is the easiest way to backup, remotely access, and securely share your important digital files, photos, and email.

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Mirra Personal Server M-250 (Gigabytes,
That Is)

Mirra Personal Server M-250 (Gigabytes,
That Is) 05/05/2004 07:47 PM
Om Malik sends word that Gizmodo sponsor Mirra has a new version of their Mirra Personal Server at-home backup and remote file access thingy, the M-250. As the name implies, the new Mirra is a 250GB unit, comes in the same plastic shell as the previous units, and is available...

ADV:Automatic, Continuous Backup - Mirra

ADV:Automatic, Continuous Backup - Mirra 12/28/2004 10:45 AM
Ad - www.mirra.com Dec 28 2004 11:52AM GMT

Mirra Makes Data Backup Easy

Mirra Makes Data Backup Easy 12/03/2003 06:20 AM
Don't let the Linux label intimidate you: The Mirra Personal Server is a simple and elegant way to archive your important data. Review by Kourosh Karimkhany.

Review of the Mirra Home Backup System

Review of the Mirra Home Backup System 01/02/2004 10:47 AM

Mirra Personal Server best backup for
Linux users

Mirra Personal Server best backup for
Linux users 01/05/2004 11:04 AM

Seagate ups Q1 estimates

Seagate ups Q1 estimates 09/07/2004 10:54 AM
Expects good quarter

Seagate Floats -- for a Day

Seagate Floats -- for a Day 09/07/2004 02:04 PM
Seagate Technology offers a better than expected revenue and earnings forecast; the stock should still be avoided.

Seagate sees red in Q4

Seagate sees red in Q4 07/21/2004 01:11 PM
Betting on tiny drives

Seagate to cut 2,900 jobs

Seagate to cut 2,900 jobs 06/03/2004 12:18 PM
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate Technology LLC will lay off about 7 percent of its global workforce, or about 2,900 employees, under a restructuring plan announced Wednesday.

Seagate queues up 400-gig DVR

Seagate queues up 400-gig DVR 04/04/2005 04:36 PM
At cable show, hard-drive maker demonstrates add-on external drive, unveils DriveTrust software.

Cornice countersues Seagate

Cornice countersues Seagate 08/19/2004 05:48 AM
Hard drive rival's patents 'invalid', company claims

Seagate to Eliminate 2,900 Jobs

Seagate to Eliminate 2,900 Jobs 06/03/2004 10:01 PM
It will reduce its work force by 7 percent, or about 2,900 jobs, as the maker of computer hard drives struggles to cut costs as prices fall in the competitive industry.

Seagate queues up 400GB DVR

Seagate queues up 400GB DVR 04/04/2005 07:18 PM
At cable show, hard-drive maker demonstrates add-on external drive, unveils DriveTrust software.

Seagate spins 10k rpm disks

Seagate spins 10k rpm disks 02/18/2004 07:21 AM

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 160 GB 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
TechTree Sep 22 2004 3:07PM GMT

Seagate reports loss

Seagate reports loss 07/20/2004 06:22 PM
Disk-drive maker posts $33 million loss and says the industry is "still facing challenging times."

Seagate drives, both big and small

Seagate drives, both big and small 06/14/2004 09:52 AM
Company aims for a hard drive or two or three in every home.

Seagate axes thousands

Seagate axes thousands 06/03/2004 03:26 AM
The Register Jun 3 2004 7:49AM GMT

Seagate has 120 Gig Drive for Laptops

Seagate has 120 Gig Drive for Laptops 04/18/2005 02:31 PM

Oh that is just music to my ears, until I look at the specifications for it. Love the size hate the speed. The question is now how fast can I get one and will my laptops bios like it.

I have always banged my head against the wall when it comes to laptop hard-drive capacities. A few years ago I purchased a Firewire 60gig laptop drive and case while in Japan and I never leave home without it. [Engadget]

Seagate Debuts 120 GB Laptop HDD

Seagate Debuts 120 GB Laptop HDD 04/19/2005 05:58 AM
TechTree Apr 19 2005 10:29AM GMT

Seagate Revs Up Notebook

Seagate Revs Up Notebook 04/18/2005 06:17 PM
Techzonez Apr 18 2005 9:33PM GMT

AMD, Seagate Shuffle Execs

AMD, Seagate Shuffle Execs 04/30/2004 03:16 AM
Advanced Micro Devices and Seagate Technology made unrelated management moves late Thursday and early Friday, restructuring the executive offices at both companies.

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda.

Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its
New Barracuda. 02/10/2004 02:45 AM
Tom's Hardware: Seagate Hits 100 GB per Platter with Its New Barracuda. It's still pretty evenly matched against the 7K250. And where are our 400GB drives?

Seagate releases 2.5in storage drive

Seagate releases 2.5in storage drive 02/10/2004 11:57 AM
Computer Weekly Feb 10 2004 3:10PM GMT

Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years

Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years 07/26/2004 05:30 AM
Seagate Technology has increased the warranty of almost all of its hard drives to five years, reversing a trend toward shorter-period warranties.

Seagate Rolls Out 400 GB SATA Drives

Seagate Rolls Out 400 GB SATA Drives 06/14/2004 06:07 PM

Tools Of The Trade: Maxtor's external hard drives for storing data from overloaded computers

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