Forum: Storage (alternative)
April 24th 20, 11:46 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,334
Don't get Shingled by SMR
Yousuf Khan writes:
On 4/23/2020 11:16 PM, wrote:
Hmmm, we had 4 TB CMR drives for a while until Helium arrived.
Why on earth are they making...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
April 22nd 20, 11:55 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,334
Don't get Shingled by SMR
A cautionary tale:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-disks-are-being-submarined-into-unexpected-channels/
Buyer beware~that 2TB-6TB "NAS" drive you've been eyeing might...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 12th 17, 03:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.engineering.electrical,sci.electronics.repair,sci.electronics.basics,alt.home.repair
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Replies: 39
Views: 677
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 9th 17, 05:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.engineering.electrical,sci.electronics.repair,sci.electronics.basics,alt.home.repair
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Replies: 39
Views: 677
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 31st 15, 05:10 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 1
Views: 757
PATA-SATA adapters
I'm seeking adapters to put SATA drives into a cabinet with PATA
controllers. This far, the ones I have seen are singles; I need
to put master/slave drives in as was the case with...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 4th 15, 05:28 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,152
external hard drive case
firestorm31 writes:
anyone know what brand external hard drive case has the external SATA port?
this for my laptop which has a external SATA...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 16th 13, 07:20 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,783
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
December 28th 12, 05:06 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 16
Views: 711
always hide your backups!
BW writes:
Some villains broke in through laundry window. House behind has
been vacant for 2 weeks, so they wouldn't have been seen. They
grabbed my wife's laptop. She...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
December 9th 12, 07:04 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 10
Views: 917
how to put 135 TB in a single case
One thing that design lacks is power control. Talking to vendors
of similar arrays at LISA a few years ago, they told me they had
individual power switching for each drive.
The reason was they often...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 30th 09, 02:25 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 14
Views: 731
cleaning a SATA drive
Yousuf Khan writes:
As others have pointed out, if you want to totally remove all traces of
data on the drive, then any number of methods and utilities will be able...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 29th 09, 04:45 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 14
Views: 731
cleaning a SATA drive
Soccer Dad writes:
We had a SATA installed on a computer that may have been infected with
a virus, and in order to use it again, we need wipe the drive clean.
You want...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 21st 09, 05:54 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,861
Battery backup: problem with my APC?
David Brown writes:
So you now agree that there is no such thing as a "TRUE sine wave"
output from an UPS? It's a pity that you then contradict yourself...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 18th 09, 06:29 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,861
Battery backup: problem with my APC?
kenk writes:
I was sitting at my desk yesterday during a storm when there was a
split-second power outage. Despite the fact that my battery shows all 5
lights lit, the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 8th 09, 07:31 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,054
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 24th 09, 08:21 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,858
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 24th 09, 02:44 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,858
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 2nd 09, 11:58 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 1
Views: 337
Last day for Seagate Warranty
Seagate is lowering their warranty on many drives as
of tomorrow.
If you value the 5 year warranty, get your order in.
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A host is a host from coast to
& no...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 12th 08, 11:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 1
Views: 219
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 16th 08, 04:50 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 80
Views: 1,876
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
They clearly had no SOP of wiping such at the factory level. [i.e.
rewriting all the bits, not just those the OS can see...]
This is not a proof they had no SOP of...
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Forum: General
June 16th 08, 04:50 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,150
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
They clearly had no SOP of wiping such at the factory level. [i.e.
rewriting all the bits, not just those the OS can see...]
This is not a proof they had no SOP of...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 16th 08, 02:46 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 80
Views: 1,876
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
Regardless, you do bring up a good point I had not
considered, that if they made a huge blunder and somehow
managed to divert some returned drive to replacement...
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Forum: General
June 16th 08, 02:46 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,150
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
Regardless, you do bring up a good point I had not
considered, that if they made a huge blunder and somehow
managed to divert some returned drive to replacement...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 14th 08, 08:07 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 80
Views: 1,876
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
Just send the drive in as-is. They could not allow anyone
to steal data off of drives as it would ruin their business,
I got a replacement laptop drive from...
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Forum: General
June 14th 08, 08:07 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,150
Any way to wipe this drive?
kony writes:
Just send the drive in as-is. They could not allow anyone
to steal data off of drives as it would ruin their business,
I got a replacement laptop drive from...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 5th 08, 07:13 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 13
Views: 471
The origin of RAID
"Squeeze" writes:
DEC's had, for example, RA81's, a 400 MB, 14 inch platter monster.
I recall the DEC Field Circus guy might as well as had a cot next to
...
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