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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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 Summary of Hard Disks
 
A standard item for every computer, the hard disk storage all the computer's vital software applications such as the operating system. The price of hard disk drives has lowered over the years.
   



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