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The term hard is used to distinguish it from a soft, or floppy, disk. Hard disks hold more data and are faster than floppy disks. A hard disk, for example, can store anywhere from 10 to more than 100 gigabytes, whereas most floppies have a maximum storage capacity of 1.4 megabytes.
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Hard disk drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A hard disk drive (often shortened as hard disk, hard drive, or HDD) is a non-volatile storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Strictly...
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Nearly every desktop computer and server in use today contains one or more hard-disk drives. Every mainframe and supercomputer is normally connected to hundreds of them. You can even find VCR-type devices and camcorders that use hard disks instead of tape.
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www.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm
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Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
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kbalertz.com/260233/Support-Windows.aspx
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LONDON: A huge quantity of sensitive data is still on decommissioned computer hard disks, sold in the second-hand mart by corporations, organisations and individuals. ... "The research revealed that a significant proportion of the disks that were examined still contained considerable amounts of information, much of which...
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Hardware/Deleted_...
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Simson Garfinkel has an eye-opening piece in CSO magazine about the contents of used hard drives. Simson bought a pile of used hard drives and systematically examined them to see what could be recovered from them.
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www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=557
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The study by the Berlin, Germany, company, called "Data, Data Everywhere," sampled 100 used hard disks and other data carriers that were purchased on eBay. The results showed that only 10% of the hard disks had been properly wiped with the help of software products.
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www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/115770/
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In revising the O&O Study, "Data Data Everywhere," 200 used hard disks were purchased on eBay and scanned for existing data. On more than 70% of this used storage media O&O discovered some sort of personal or business data.
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www.ereleases.com/pr/20050531005.html
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London, Nov 6 (IANS) A huge quantity of sensitive data is still on decommissioned computer hard disks, sold in the second-hand mart by corporations, organisations and individuals. ... Home » Technology » Deleted data on used hard disks still retrievable...
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www.bjp.com/2008/11/06/deleted-data-on-used-hard-disks-...
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