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Fujitsu Intros 300GB External Drive

Fujitsu 300GB External Hard DriveFujitsu introduced a 2.5-inch external hard disk drive, which has a very creative name: "The Fujitsu External Hard Disk Drive." The 300GB/4200RPM costs $229 and a 120GB/5400RPM version costs $129.
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Fireproof, Waterproof Hard Drive from Sentry and Maxtor

Sentry Hard Drive SafeSimple backing up your data isn't enough if your home catches fire or is flooded. Sentry teamed up with Maxtor to develop a hard drive that's fireproof and waterproof. Sentry's also selling a safe that has a USB cable that runs through the door so you can connect your USB drives and keep them connected to your PC.
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Hitatchi Announces 500GB ‘Notebook’ Drives

Hitatchi 500GB hard driveHitachi announced the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch mobile hard drive. The Travelstar 5K500 boasts 500GB of capacity but it won't fit in mainstream notebooks.Rather than increasing data density, Hitachi is stacking two 250GB platters into the drive. The drive is 12.5mm thick, rather than the standard 9mm for notebooks.
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WD Passport Portable Drive 320GB Announced

Western Digital Passport 320GBWestern Digital doubled the capacity of its Passport portable drive to 320GB. The USB-powered external 2.5-inch drive is available in several colors and priced at $199.
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Fujitsu Intros 320GB Laptop Drive, Biggest to Date

Fujitsu Hard DriveFujitsu announced a 320GB laptop drive, the highest capacity 2.5-inch drive on the market. The new drive spins at 5400 RPM and should satisfy most multimedia gluttons, with enough capacity to store about 80,000 songs or 140 hours of DVD-quality video.
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SanDisk Vaulter Disk

Vaulter Disk Sandisk SanDisk unveiled the Vaulter Disk, a solid-state storage solution that works in conjunction with a PC's hard drive to store and launch the computer's operating system and software applications. The new SanDisk Vaulter Disk tag-teams with the hard drive to provide enhanced performance over a PC that has only a hard drive. The Vaulter Disk will be available in 8GB and 16GB capicities for OEMs starting in early 2008.
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Western Digital Intros 320GB Scorpio Notebook Drives

Western Digital WD Scorpio 320GB DriveWestern Digital announced it's now shipping its new WD Scorpio 320GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drives for notebook computers. That's a 70GB improvement over the 250GB Scorpio the company introduced earlier this year.
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Hitachi May Quadruple Notebook HDD Capacities to 1TB

Hitachi LogoHitachi announced today its developed the world’s smallest read-head technology for hard disk drives, which is expected to quadruple current storage capacity limits to one terabyte on a notebook hard drive. Researchers at Hitachi have successfully reduced recording heads to the 30-50 nanometer range, which is up to 2,000 times smaller than the width of an average human hair.
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Seagate Launches Hybrid Hard Drive ‘Era’

Seagate Mometus 5400 Drive Seagate Technology today announced it will begin shipping hybrid notebook drives in large volumes. Hybrid drives combine the large capacities of hard drives with a small amount of flash memory to deliver faster boot times, improved performance, greater reliability and lower power consumption. Seagate has seen up to 50% lower power consumption in testing.
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Seagate Unveils 250GB Notebook Hard Drive

Seagate Seagate announced the Momentus 5400.4, a 250GB notebook hard drive. The Momentus 5400.4 uses perpinducular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to cram data on just two platters.
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Toshiba Announces 320GB Notebook Drives

320GB Toshiba Notebook DriveToshiba announced it will begin producing the world's highest capacity notebook drives. The MK3252GSX stores 320GB of data and spins at 5,400 RPM. The new Toshiba drives edges out Fujitsu's 300GB model for highest capacity of any 2.5-inch drive.
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WD Passport Drives Bumped to 250GB

Western Digital Pocket DriveWestern Digital announced a 250GB capacity Passport portable drive today. The USB-powered pocket drive is significantly larger than WD's previous offerings. The new WD Passsport 250GB weighs less than four ounces and is powered by USB.
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How a Notebook Hard Drive Works

Ever wonder what your hard drive is up to when you here it whirring and buzzing? This video gives an inside view of how a notebook's drive seeks and reads data...
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Video: Easy Notebook Hard Drive Upgrade

Travelstar Drive Upgrade KitA hard drive upgrade can revive an aging notebook's performance and provide more space for all of your music, movies and photos. Products like the Hitachi Travelstar Upgrade Kit make it easy for even the most novice computer users to install a faster and bigger drive.
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WD Now Shipping 250GB Notebook Drives

WD Scorpio Notebook DriveWestern Digital today announced it is now shipping its 250 GB WD Scorpio 2.5-inch SATA hard drives. The drives employ perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to achieve the highest capacity 2.5-inch drive to date.
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Deal:Seagate 320GB USB 2.0 Drive for $99

If all the data on your notebook is worth more than $100 (everyone) and you're one of those that still doesn't back up your data on a regular basis (nearly ever...