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Hard Drives

The mechanism that controls the positioning, reading, and writing of the hard disk. Although the hard disk drive (often shortened to "hard drive") and the hard disk are not the same thing, they are packaged as a unit and so either term is sometimes used to refer to the whole unit.

Sites in Hard Drives

Dan Kegel's Fast Hard Drives Page
Dan's hard drives facts page, and his independent view point.
Seagate Technologies
Disc product guide and disc storage news.
Corporate Systems Center
Data storage and duplication systems.
Peripheral Repair Corp.
Specializes in repairing and selling hard disk drives. Servicing drives from virtually all hard disk manufacturers.
Digital Measurement Systems
Manufacturers of test equipment used to measure and characterize the magnetic properties of thin film media.
My Game Bank
Portable hard drive that connects to PCs or Macs via a USB cable, and can store 20GB of games software.
Easydisk
Compact USB hard drive to transport data.
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Develops, manufactures and markets suspension assemblies for use in computer rigid disk drives and other technical applications.
Logicube, Inc
Manufacturer of hard drive duplicators and computer forensic systems.
Komag, Inc.
Develops, manufactures and markets thin-film media for storage of digital data in computer hard disk drives.
Hard Drives 4 Less
Specializes in internal and external hard disk drives for desktop PCs, workstations, servers, and laptops.
Consolidated Computer Services
Services include repair of non-working disk and tape drives, and sourcing of hard to find disk, tape and optical drives.
IBM
Hard disk drive storage for mobile systems, desktop PCs, workstations and servers.
MPI Services
Hot-swap trays, rails, brackets and caddies for hard drives in server environments.
DataZONE
Develops innovative and ruggedized storage devices that allow users to transport large amounts of data and applcications from desktop to laptop and from PC to Mac.
Magnetic Data Technology
Provider of repair services including disk drive repair, logistics and inventory management.
PMC Technologies, Inc.
Manufactures and integrates removable disk drive subsystems, storage enclosures and expansion chassis.
IBM Microdrive
One-inch Microdrive stores up to one gigabyte in CF+ Type II format for use in digital cameras, handheld personal computers, PDAs, and other consumer electronics.
Hard Drive Warehouse
Offers internal and external SCSI, Firewire and USB hard drives from Seagate, Western Digital and Maxtor.
CMS Peripherals, Inc.
Offers ABS, Automatic Backup System and hard drive upgrades for notebook and desktop systems.
Thumbnail Limited
Distributors of portable storage and flash memory products.
Drive Solutions Inc
Carries all types of hard drives new and old, from 270 megabyte to 181 gigabyte.
Datafab USA
Manufacturers of card readers and mobile storage solutions.
Micro Technology Concepts
Offers mass storage products including server, desktop or laptop hard drive and floppy disk drives.
Mapower.com.tw
Manufacturer of computer peripherals specializing in external drive enclosures.
Dream Technology
Offers USB electronic hard disk for data storage.
Unison
Distributors of hard disk drives, CPU's and other computer hardware products.
Enovatek
Offers portable hard drives.
Pockey Europe Ltd.
Portable hard disk drive which connects to PC, Mac, laptop or desktop, via a USB cable, no need for adapter or batteries.
Pocketec
A small, light, and portable hard drive. This removable storage device connects to a PC or Mac, laptop or desktop, via a USB cable.
The Trayman
Source for hotswap trays and rails, mounting kits and hard drives.
Spark Technology
Maker of keychain sized USB flash memory hard drives to replace floppy and zip disks.
Sigma Data
Manufactures computer hardware upgrades and notebook accessories. Products include hard drives, memory, and USBs for laptops, desktops, and servers.
Wolverine Data
USB 2.0 portable hard drives and Flash Memory sticks.
Western Digital
Enhanced IDE, Serial ATA and external hard drives.
Maxtor Corporation
Manufactures Parallel ATA, Serial ATA and SCSI hard drives.
Partitioning A Hard Drive
Basics of partitioning a hard drive and using fdisk
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