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Hard disks were invented in the 1950s. They started as large disks up to 20 inches in diameter holding just a few megabytes. They were originally called "fixed disks". They later became known as "hard disks" to distinguish them from "floppy disks." Hard disks have a hard platter that holds the magnetic medium, as opposed to the flexible plastic film found in tapes and floppies. The most popular device to store data from a personal computer. Hard disks have been used to store on personal computers for a long time and are now more reliable, fast and can store more data (60gb upwards). Hard disks are stored within the case of a PC and most cases and motherboards allow the ability to store and use 2 hard disks. It is always a good idea to buy a new hard disk when upgrading a CPU or processor, because a CPU can only process data as fast as the hard disk can supply it.

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Posted on 19 / 01 / 2006

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120 GB

This is a hard disk you should avoid like the plague, I'm only sorry i didnt read all the bad reviews before i bought it. Only recently i've had my 120GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 hard drive fail; unlike many people at least it was only because the failure mode was progressive, rather than it being catastrophic.

The drive began showing the dreaded blue screen, and oddly when i go into the bios of my system and change the drive to salve it works fine. So i just decided to replace it, it made all kinds of odd sounds, and I was just fed up of it. And i am surprised that Maxter dropped the warrenty period from 3 to 1 year for this device.

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