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Why is the hard drive capacity always lower than the manufacturer says?
There are several reasons - of course good - to explain this. Let's see why the actual capacity is often not the same as what is advertised.
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What do familiar objects look like once upon a time?
Every day new, our world has new technologies, and familiar objects today will have new functions or complete improvements.
Discover science
60 years ago how big 5MB hard drive?
In September 1956, IBM released 305 RAMAC, the first supercomputer to have a hard drive (HDD). This hard drive weighs more than 1 ton and stores 5MB of data.
Space science
NASA liquidates data storage machines 'sensitive'
The US space agency (NASA) has forgotten to delete sensitive data from computers and hard drives before these devices are sold out, according to the US inspection agency.
Environment
Sensors protect laptop hard drives from detecting earthquakes
This device senses movements, strong bumps that can scratch the data reader on the hard disk surface and warn of earthquakes.
Computer science
New technology helps hard drive density higher than the current 12.5 times
This storage method allows the creation of 3-nanometer memory cells but can reach a density of up to 10 terabytes per square inch while the current record is 803 gigabyt…
Computer science
1,500 GB hard drive appears next month
With the arrival of the world's largest capacity HDD (1.5 terabytes) produced by Seagate (USA), the speed of hard drive storage capacity is increasing by 50% per year.
Computer science
Samsung unveiled 1 TB hard drive
The Korean electronics giant has just unveiled the world's first 1TB hard drive model
Computer science
$ 25,000 prize for a lost hard drive
The Alabama Veterans' Medical Management Center (AVAMC), USA, said it had relied on the FBI's help to search for a lost hard drive a few years ago, and gave out 25,000 p…
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100GB USB hard drive with biometric security
Kanguru Solutions hard drive manufacturer has just released a 100GB Kanguru BioSTOR USB drive with an improved biometric security mode, storing up to 5 fingerprints comp…
Computer science
7 things to avoid when using a computer
Despite the aggressive development of tablets and mobile devices, computers are still considered the main tool to work and still cannot be replaced. There are assumption…
Computer science
How does the hard drive work?
Have you ever gone to buy a hard drive? You are familiar with the hard drive. But what is a hard drive and how does it work, not many people know. Let us consider the pr…
Computer science
10 tips to help you save hard drive space
The following tips help you save as well as regain a small amount of storage from your hard drive.
Computer science
Some things to know when buying a computer hard disk
When buying a computer, in addition to selecting the processor (CPU), motherboard, memory (RAM), etc., we have to care about the hard drive, an equally important device,…
Computer science
Cannot select or format a hard drive partition when trying to install Windows Vista
When trying to install Windows Vista onto your computer, whether you install a new installation or upgrade from old Windows, you still encounter some problems. One of th…