Ultimate Hard Drive Data Recovery Destruction03/13/2003 10:20 AM Some very smart guys over at Drive Slagging have come up what I
consider the ultimate hard-drive data destruction tool....
Hard Drive Crash? The Essential Data Recovery Report
Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras
announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as
their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard
drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool
and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are
the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because
they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support
this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to
hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get
something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500,
though).
Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps
in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.
The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external
hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only
integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and
can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why
would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the
primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory
cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives
as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you
can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for
only the price of additional hard drives. Read -
Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external
Console Drive makes hard drive removable or external06/04/2004 03:52 PM Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its
Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into
either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard
drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a
PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console
Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the
Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and
DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.
Drive recovery comes to Linux
Drive recovery comes to Linux06/02/2004 07:17 AM Fire. Flood. Having a five-foot-thick redwood tree fall on your home
office. Collectively, these are disasters that can befall your
computers' hard drives. At an enterprise level add in dead multi-disk
servers, RAIDs that get mixed up, and network storage appliances that
don't get backed up. Whether you're a homeowner mourning the loss of
your family's digital picture album or an enterprise-level IT director
trying to make sure that your next disaster doesn't involved getting
canned, there is a solution.
An Ode To The Hard Drive
An Ode To The Hard Drive05/27/2004 09:35 AM You know it's likely to be a slow news day when the first thing you
turn up is, basically, an ode to the unsung hard drive.
Hard drives are, admittedly, a fairly unsexy business. Then again,
you might think the same thing about semiconductors - and they seem to
get plenty of attention. Either way, storage is very important to
consumers - as the article notes in looking at how quickly people
focus on the size of their iPod hard drives or just
how much space their Gmail account really has. Even the leading
people in the storage business are quite colorful and certainly
unique, which should get them much more attention. However, when it's
all said and done, no matter how important your hard drive is (just
think how people react when their hard drives die), and no matter how
quickly they improve in just how much data they can hold, not too many
people find themselves particularly interested in the "boring" hard
drive business.
Tiny new 1-inch 1.5 GB hard drive from Cornice that
costs about half as much as Hitachi's 1GB Microdrive. Apparently this
is the same hard drive that Samsung uses in its "tapeless" digital
camcorder, the DV-4200. Read
Triumph Of The Hard Drive
Triumph Of The Hard Drive09/23/2004 11:15 AM The iPod is a triumph for the hard disk over optical storage. By Dana
Blankenhorn, Moore's Lore (via MyAppleMenu)
Xbox 2: Hard Drive or No?03/06/2004 01:57 AM It's getting so complicated. First came the rumors that the Xbox 2 [at
right, in mythical prototype form] wouldn't have a hard drive. Then,
enough...
The Inner World of the Hard Drive
The Inner World of the Hard Drive03/19/2005 03:03 AM Analyssis: Holy microscopic elements, Batman! Loyd dissects an
ordinary hard drive and finds a tiny universe of components moving
with unbelievable speed.
If terms like 'areal density'
and 'magentoresistive' are a bit much for you, ExtremeTech's piece on
the inner workings of your hard drive is a good read. They explain
what exactly makes up one of the most crucial pieces of hardware in
your machine and how every single bit gets recorded and read. If
you've never taken apart an old drive, toyed with the platters and
flung the heavy magnets towards your friend, you should pick one up
and do just that after reading this piece—it's fascinating
technology, truly.
EverythingUSB is mentioning
that Taiwanese OEM Welland has -- at least as far as they know -- the
first USB On-The-Go (OTG) hard drive. It also has a built-in card
reader, USB host (duh), and a rechargeable battery. USB OTG is pretty
simple, and pretty great. By adding a USB host to storage, you can
hook your digital camera or anything else that supports the standard
up to it and transfer data without needing to hook up to a PC. That is
a positive thing.
That being said, I have a hard time believing this is the first USB
OTG hard drive to see the light of day. Read [EverythingUSB]
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Plans
HP's new hard drive to go06/21/2004 03:40 PM Latest media center PC has docking areas for a camera and a secondary,
portable hard drive. But is the price right?
3 GB Hard Drive on New Cell Phone
3 GB Hard Drive on New Cell Phone03/14/2005 04:34 PM During the CeBIT in Germany this week, Motorola is showing
off their new ROKR iTunes cellphone which will sync and carry your
iTunes music in your cell phone. But Samsung is one upping the ROKR
with a 3 GB hard drive cellphone with a Windows Mobile OS. Samsung has
also released a new 7 MP camera phone which resembles a camera more
then it does a phone. The SCH-V770 has a 2 inch TFT display above a
the keypad and gives you manual focus and controllable shutter speeds.
Many of these new products will be altered slightly before they reach
the US.
Inside Al Qaeda’s Hard Drive
Inside Al Qaeda’s Hard Drive08/11/2004 03:18 PM A
peek at Al Qaeda pre 9/11. Reports surfaced in early 2002 about al
Qaeda computers purchased by a journalist from the Wall Street
Journal. In this article details from one of these computers come to
light - complaints about their new home in Afghanistan after being
expelled from Sudan, rocky relationships with the Taliban and a
difficult merger with Islamic Jihad. "Perhaps one of the
most important insights to emerge from the computer is that 9/11
sprang not so much from al-Qaeda's strengths as from its weaknesses.
The computer did not reveal any links to Iraq or any other
deep-pocketed government; amid the group's penury the members fell to
bitter infighting. The blow against the United States was meant to put
an end to the internal rivalries, which are manifest in vitriolic
memos between Kabul and cells abroad."
via The Agonist
Tools for a sick Hard-drive05/20/2004 04:03 PM Knocking on wood here as I have not had any major hard-drive issues in
several years but they always seem...
Tunes, A Hard Drive And (Just Maybe) A Brain
Tunes, A Hard Drive And (Just Maybe) A Brain08/27/2004 02:03 PM Shuffle commands have been around since the dawn of the CD player. But
the sheer quantity of music on an MP3 player like the iPod -- and in
its desktop application, iTunes -- has enabled the function to take on
an entirely new sense of scale and scope. It also hightens the risk
that a long-forgotten favorite song will pop up, for better or for
worse, in mixed company. By Rachel Dodes, New York Times (via
MyAppleMenu) See Also : Circuits Discovers Shuffle by Gizmodo "You fool,"
gasped the Arch-Editor, as he fell to one knee, black fluid running
from his ears, "Have you not heard? This iPod can play music... at
random."
Toshiba's even tinier hard drive12/15/2003 11:41 AM Toshiba is outdoing themselves, topping the one-inch hard drive they
plan to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show next month with
today's announcement that...
I hate freedom, so I'm not going to comment on the main thrust of
this article which talks about the ramifications of the recent MGM
v. Grokster ruling on the music industry, but I would point out
the odd mention of a wireless iPod, with a twist. While people have
been talking about an iPod with built-in AirPort for a while now (to
enable direct-to-AirPort Express streaming, for one thing), this is
the first I've heard anyone mention an iPod with built-in WiMax
(Intel's unreleased, long-range wireless networking service), let
alone one without a hard-drive.
I think it's best to chalk it up as rumor for now, but if anyone
has an inside line on something along those lines, I would be pleased
to make your acquaintance.
Toshiba's 1-inch hard drive12/11/2003 01:16 PM Toshiba is going to be showing off a new 1-inch hard drive at the big
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month. No word... Grok Description matches for Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery GrokA matches for Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery
Data Recovery Services is Offering Data Recovery for Florida Hospitals and Emergency Service Organizations Affected by Hurricane Charley
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Help - I Lost My Digital Photos or Data from my Memory Device - Visit eProvided.com, Data Recovery & Photo Recovery in 24 Hours or Less to Anywhere Worldwide06/05/2005 11:14 PM For those who have lost their digital photos or data files on a USB
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fail often enough to create serious issues for users. What will people
do if their data or photos become missing? [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]
CBL Data Recovery Technologies Launches Global Data Recovery Partner Program
Mohler, Nixon & Williams Selects Data Domain Recovery Appliance to Manage Large Volumes of Backup Data; New Appliance Proves Key to Company's Disaster Recovery/Business Continuation Strategy
ACS Data Recovery Launches Laptop Recovery Division
ACS Data Recovery Launches Laptop Recovery Division12/24/2004 12:43 PM ACS Data Recovery, a premier provider of hard drive data recovery
services has announced the creation of their brand new Laptop Recovery
Division. [PRWEB Dec 22, 2004]
SecureSpeed, LLC, Leading Provider of Data Storage, Data Backup, Security and Disaster Recovery Solutions Names VP, Sales and Marketing
Advanced EFS Data Recovery v2.1006/24/2004 04:32 PM
Advanced EFS Data Recovery (or simply AEFSDR) is a program to recover
(decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows
2000. Files are being decrypted even in a case when the system is not
bootable and so you cannot log on, and/or some encryption keys
(private or master) have been tampered. Besides, decryption is
possible even when Windows is protected using SYSKEY. AEFSDR
effectively (and instantly) decrypts the files protected under all
versions of Windows 2000 (including Service Packs 1, 2 and 3).
[Shareware $99.00 30 days 890 KB]
EMC, Nortel team on data recovery services11/04/2003 06:02 PM EMC Corp. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have banded together to deliver a
joint business continuity service to their respective customers.
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Notes and Tips: StatWorks Data Recovery
Notes and Tips: StatWorks Data Recovery05/03/2004 09:39 AM Helpful readers offer tips and notes about retrieving important data
stuck in an old StatWorks format.
IBM to absorb Schlumberger data recovery unit
IBM to absorb Schlumberger data recovery unit04/13/2004 12:34 PM With steady growth expected in the business continuity market, Big
Blue acquires a rival to expand its ability to provide work sites and
data access during emergencies.
Microsoft Enters Data Backup and Recovery Business
Microsoft Enters Data Backup and Recovery Business09/22/2004 11:16 PM Microsoft has revealed an open beta of Microsoft Data Protection
Server, a continuous disk-based backup and recovery solution. The
software promises rapid, reliable and efficient recovery in minutes
for Windows 2003 Server System customers.
Airbag crash data recovery information for GM and Saturn vehicles.
IntelliRecovery Data Recovery offers a hand to Florida’s Hurricane Frances and Charley victims
IntelliRecovery Data Recovery offers a hand to Florida’s Hurricane Frances and Charley victims09/18/2004 03:41 AM IntelliRecovery, Inc. today announced that they would extend a helping
hand to all hurricane victims in Florida. Effective immediately, the
company will offer all victims special data recovery discounts for any
Standard recovery jobs for any computer systems sustaining damage from
severe weather conditions.Any victims from Florida Hurricanes should
contact IntelliRecovery Data Recovery with any of their data disaster
needs at 888-995-3282 or contact@intellirecovery.com. [PRWEB Sep 18,
2004]
BBned selects Allied Data Technologies as Supplier for combined Voice and Data IAD
BBned selects Allied Data Technologies as Supplier for combined Voice and Data IAD09/15/2004 02:24 AM Allied Data Technologies, specialist of Customer Premises Equipment
(CPE) for the Local Loop (PSTN, ISDN, xDSL), today announces their
agreement with BBned, largest provider for high-quality DSL services
in the Netherlands, for the supply of CPE equipment for their Voice
over DSL services in the Netherlands. The agreement involves the
delivery of Voice Integrated Access Devices (IAD), called the
CopperJet 816-2P, with the intention of a follow up order and delivery
next year. The initial shipment will take place this year. [PRWEB Sep
15, 2004]
Epic Data Introduces the MPT9500 Mini-Workstation for Data Collection
If terms like 'areal density'
and 'magentoresistive' are a bit much for you, ExtremeTech's piece on
the inner workings of your hard drive is a good read. They explain
what exactly makes up one of the most crucial pieces of hardware in
your machine and how every single bit gets recorded and read. If
you've never taken apart an old drive, toyed with the platters and
flung the heavy magnets towards your friend, you should pick one up
and do just that after reading this piece—it's fascinating
technology, truly. 
