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White Paper A variety of software tools are available which allow support staff to non-destructively manage users’ hard disk partitions. In this article we review PartitionMagic, Partition Commander, ServerMagic and... [25 Feb 2004]
Short-Span Seeking Control for Dual-Stage Servomechanism in Hard Disk Drives
White Paper The dual-stage servomechanism is proposed to support ultra-high track density in hard disk drives. Narrower track width will cause the seeking operation to occur within several tracks much frequently. [25 Aug 2007]
Dual-Stage Servo Systems and Vibration Compensation in Computer Hard Disk Drives
White Paper This paper discusses two mechatronic innovations in magnetic hard disk drive servo systems, which may have to be deployed in the near future, in order to sustain the continuing 60% annual increase in... [23 Aug 2007]
Why 7200 RPM Mobile Hard Disk Drives?
White Paper The 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive now makes it possible to achieve true desktop performance and in many cases exceed performance of some existing desktop platforms. This paper informs the benefits of... [02 Mar 2004]
Modeling Hard-Disk Power Consumption
White Paper Studying and reducing power consumption, however, often involves running time-intensive disk traces on real hardware with specialized power-monitoring equipment. This paper presents Dempsey, a disk... [23 Aug 2007]
A Fujitsu coup with hard disk breakthrough
News Fujitsu claims its latest development in storage technology could increase the amount of data held on a hard disk by up to three times. Normally these record fluctuations in the electrical current in... [15 May 2002]
Next Generation Mobile Hard Disk Drives
White Paper This evolution has occurred in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industry for more than 30 years and continues to do so today. This whitepaper focuses on the uses and features of SATA Extended Duty Mobile 2.5"... [02 Jun 2006]
Two heads better than one for hard disk security
News Japanese boffins have developed a supposedly hack-proof hard disk with two separate heads. The disk features a read-only head which is connected to the web server with one cable and a... [23 Jul 2002]
Hitachi drives £1.4bn IBM hard disk deal
News Hitachi is to pay £1.4bn for much of IBM's hard disk business. Hitachi will initially own a 70 per cent stake in IBM's hard disk business and for the next three years... [05 Jun 2002]
Iterative Learning Control and Repetitive Control in Hard Disk Drive Industry - A Tutorial
White Paper This paper presents a tutorial on Iterative Learning Control (ILC) and Repetitive Control (RC) techniques in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industry for compensation of Repeatable RunOuts (RRO). After each... [23 Aug 2007]
Thermal Stability Evaluation of MEMS Microactuator for Hard Disk Drives
White Paper Advances in hard disk drives have created a need for MEMS actuator to achieve high bandwidth of tracking servo and fine positioning of magnetic head. Thermal stability under operational conditions is one... [25 Aug 2007]
Detect hard disk failures before they happen
White Paper One of the most common ways that business users lose data is when a hard disk goes bad. What IT pros often don't realize is that there are ways to see if a hard disk is... [17 May 2006]
Gather hard disk utilization data and store in SQL Server 2005 Express with this VBScript
White Paper This VBScript gathers hard disk utilization information from Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista machines and stores the data in a SQL Sever 2005 Express Edition database. The second in... [17 May 2006]
Technological Impact of Magnetic Hard Disk Drives on Storage Systems
White Paper Magnetic hard disk drives have undergone vast technological improvements since their introduction as storage devices over 45 years ago, and these improvements have had a marked influence on how... [25 Aug 2007]
Self-Learning Hard Disk Power Management for Mobile Devices
White Paper A multitude of different hard disk power management algorithms exists - applied to real systems or proposed in the literature. Energy savings can only be achieved if the hard... [30 Aug 2007]
