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Discovering Hard Disk Physical Geometry Through Microbenchmarking (2019)

https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2019/09/hard-disk-geometry-microbenchmarking/

#HackerNews #harddisk #microbenchmarking #technology #dataanalysis #storage

cleaning up a cupboard, I found this. I wonder if it's still good.

#Seagate
#ST1
#CompatFlash
#Harddisk

I wonder, what the highest density #harddisk or any other storage media that one can reasonable #diy is these days?

(Not counting data compression, just the raw uncompressed amount of data you could store on any storage media you built yourself).

Cassette tapes would probably be the easiest as that has already been used once in the past. But there for sure must be other/better/different options with todays "diy-level tools and capabilities", right?

#retrocomputing #computing #storage

Make sum noise! #harddisk #retrocomputing

It occurred to me that I've had a #harddisk fail on me and lose data in like 2001 and vowed to only use #raid ever since.

And I have, my primary laptop has 4 #nvme drives in raid10, my thin and light has 2 in raid 1, my desktop 4 in raid 10 also.

It also occurred to me that even since the first sata ssd I've used I've never not even once had an #ssd fail without warning, ever.

I'm probably gonna keep using raid but I'm beginning to think maybe it's not really necessary any more...

#computers

Western Digital has zero hard drives left for 2026. It’s February...

AI companies are deliberately creating physical memory scarcity so your data only lives on their infrastructure.

The goal is not innovation. It's holding your memories hostage and forcing you to rent space and useless AI compute that serves no real purpose.

https://gizmodo.com/because-of-ai-western-digital-hard-drives-are-sold-out-2000722591

#UsersAReFodder #SiValleyGrift #ai #greed #WesternDigital #harddisk #storage

@ScottHelme Is it a multi-layer PCB?
That looks like a surface-mount capacitor to me but I am not even slightly an expert.
Wondering if you might be able to "just" solder in a replacement cap if you can find the value. I did a quick search but could only find a whole new PCB (which I spose might be an option).
Anyone know more?
#Electronics #Repair #HardDisk #PCB

Zum Technikmontag gibt es eine 2,5"-Festplatte aus Anfang der 1990er-Jahre. Kapazität = 121 MB (!). Da hätten damals lediglich 4-5 Fotos im Raw-Format der Wikipedia:Lokal K- Kamera draufgepasst.

16 Fotos unter https://w.wiki/HRSY © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

#raystechnikFotos #harddisk #objectphotography

Man, in 17 years, #HardDisk capacity has only gone up 10x

Source:

2008: https://web.archive.org/web/20080402041457/http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=414&name=External-Hard-Drives

Today: https://www.newegg.com/Desktop-External-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-414

One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history

One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history

One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history

One Laptop Manufacturer Had To Stop Janet Jackson Crashing Laptops - There are all manner of musical myths, covering tones and melodies that have effec... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/one-laptop-manufacturer-had-to-stop-janet-jackson-crashing-laptops/ #computerhacks #janetjackson #rhythmnation #harddrive #featured #interest #computer #harddisk #history

#WD launches #HDD #recycling process that reclaims #rareearth elements, cuts out #China
#WesternDigital announced it has created a large-scale #harddisk drive recycling program in concert with #Microsoft and recycling-industry partners #CMR (Critical Materials Recycling) and #PedalPoint Recycling. The new process reclaims Rare Earth Oxides (REO) containing dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium from hard drives, along with aluminum, steel, gold, palladium, and copper.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/wd-launches-hdd-recycling-process-that-reclaims-rare-earth-elements-cuts-out-china

Stack your Overflow!
#retrocomputing #virus #hardware #harddisk #gif

In case someone else is wondering why linux luks hard disk encryption is usually within a lvm container: that way you only need one password to unlock multiple partitions.

(found out the hard way)

#linux #cryptsetup #harddisk #encryption

#WSL has an incredible feature: its #harddisk will grow while you need it. No ugly hacks or manual disk resize required. Isn't that cool?

#WSL has another "incredible" feature: It won't give back the disk space to the #Windows11 host system when it no longer needs it!

#wtf

OK, here's the solution: https://superuser.com/questions/1606213/how-do-i-get-back-unused-disk-space-from-ubuntu-on-wsl2

The user interface is 100% #css, complete with fake #crt switch-on effect, shadow masking, glitches etc.

It also works as a #mp4 #audioplayer – if you can stand the #harddisk whine that is :-)

Rescuezilla

Rescuezilla is an easy-to-use disk cloning and imaging application that's fully compatible with Clonezilla — the industry-standard trusted by tens of millions.

https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla

#Rescuezilla #opensource #tool #software #harddisk #ssd #Clonezilla

If you want to clean up your Mac hard disk and don’t know where to start, GrandPerspective is a great starting point. It visualizes the content of your harddisk. With this its really easy to identify which app causes the loss of disk space.

https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/index.html

#Mac #HardDisk #GrandPerspective #DiskSpace

Die Jäger des verlorenen Bytes haben in #episode #0d112 ihre Geheimnisse geteilt, wie sie die verlorenen Bytes für die Nachwelt wiedergefunden und konserviert haben

Viel spaß beim hören.

https://0x0d.de/2024/02/0d112-jaeger-des-verlorenen-bytes/

#zeroday #podcast #testdisk #datarecovery #harddisk

The hard drive pictured is a Maxtor TX-4170E 5.25" drive next to a typical 2.5" SSD. It's capacity is 170MB. It's about 3" thick. #HDD #SSD #HardDisk #SolidStateDrive #Storage

Via - https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/oun8ro/data_hoarding_also_means_having_bigger_hard/

How To Find If The Disk Is SSD Or HDD In Linux #HardDisk #SolidStateDrive #SSD #HDD #Linuxcommands #Linuxtips #Linux
https://ostechnix.com/how-to-find-if-the-disk-is-ssd-or-hdd-in-linux/