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Title: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: KingSparta on August 10, 2008, 06:06:18 pm

Interesting Reading

Perpendicular Recording: Powering New Levels of Disc Drive Capacity

http://www.seagate.com/content/pdf/whitepaper/TP-549_PerpRecording_Feb-06.pdf

Title: Re: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: newsposter on August 11, 2008, 02:46:12 pm

Perpendicular recording drives have been around since at least 2001.

Title: Re: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: KingSparta on August 11, 2008, 03:21:14 pm

so I am only 7 years behind?

I figured out why maxtor when out of busness.

another one burnt up this past weekend, I thought it was the fan making noise but it turned out to be one of the Two 750 Gig Drives.

I Bought A 2TB Lacie Sunday To Replace It (I will Have Three 2TB Lacie Drives When It Comes In).

They Are Very Nice.

Title: Re: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: KingSparta on August 11, 2008, 05:17:40 pm

I took The Maxtor 1.5 TB Drive And Opened It It Has Two 750 Gig Seagate Drives In It, Both Of Them Were Refurbished Drives.

The One That Is Clicking  Is Bad.

Title: Re: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: Frobozz on August 14, 2008, 06:30:20 am

Quote from: KingSparta on August 11, 2008, 03:21:14 pm

so I am only 7 years behind?

It's not quite that bad.  The first commercial hard drives with perpendicular recording came in 2005 and 2006.  There were probably earlier drives in concept stages and research stages.

There's a catchy song and Flash video from Hitachi when they introduced their perpendicular drive technology: Get Perpendicular (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html)

Title: Re: Hard Drive - Perpendicular Recording
Post by: DarkPenguin on August 14, 2008, 03:44:58 pm

Seagate bought Maxtor some time ago.   Maxtor was absorbed into Seagate.