How to REALLY erase a hard drive - Update
A new version of HDerase.exe has been releasedGo direct to UCSD's Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.
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Storage is what makes a computer your computer. Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
Robin Harris
Robin Harris has been messing with computers for over 30 years and selling and marketing data storage for over 20 in companies large and small.
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Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox.
Latest Posts
Apple's plan to replace Vista with OS X - on Wintel
You're Apple, Inc. You have a new kick-butt file system, ZFS, that blows away Microsoft's aging NTFS and complements see-and-gotta-have storage tools like Time Machine.
Five things you never knew about flash drives
Flash drives only look like disks. In fact, nothing works the way you'd think.
Mozy Mac client beta watch part <i>deux</i>
Helping Mozy help MacsI'm a big fan of the remote backup concept embodied in Carbonite and Mozy. As a Mac user though I couldn't use either until recently, when Mozy released a beta Mac client.
WD's surprising little drive
IIRC, it was just 15 years ago that Maxtor shipped the first 1 GB, 3.5" drive.
Intel's latest memory problem
Intel can't seem to catch a break. First their highly-touted FB-DIMMs deliver nothing beyond cost and heat.
Windows v.next: less lame than ever
Storage Bits speaks and Microsoft listensRight.In Why is Vista lame?
Keeping stuff safe
Home RAID and LOCKSSGreat discussion here and on StorageMojo on home RAIDOver on StorageMojo the discussion is converging on a low-overhead (in human cycles) solution consisting of local NAS + some kind of automated remote backup. Anybody holding a piece of Mozy or Carbonite should feel good.
Mozy Mac client beta watch
I've been a big fan of both Carbonite and Mozy ever since I investigated them for StorageMojo my other blog.So I was very glad to hear that Mozy had released a beta Mac client, well ahead of Carbonite.
Why home RAID won't fly
Fellow ZDnet blogger George Ou posted this morning on Why dumb-downed no-RAID storage is bad for consumers. With all due respect, George couldn't be more wrong.