Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Disk Drive

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Won't be available to me (affordable) in a new system until late 2008 or
first part of 2009.
 
Sounds like the race is on to see which manufacturer can produce the first
hard drive whose warranty will expire before it finishes formatting.
Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive space
even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
Just my 2¢ worth.
- Stan
 
Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive
space even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
Just my 2¢ worth.
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You can do that already, make 2 partitions, use the first while the second
is formating
 
But why not use the existing partition while it is still formatting?
That's what I'm talking about.
Remember how you used to have to re-boot after installing a program? Once
you had to do that, but now, the times they are a changin'.
- Stan
 
Stan Shankman said:
But why not use the existing partition while it is still formatting?
That's what I'm talking about.
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How can it delete files if you are using them?
 
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675
 
Let's see...

I have digital camcoder and still camera that I'm using on regular basis; 10-year archive of my digital life; recorded TV programs (growing very quickly); ripped music CDs; games that nowadays require several gigs of disk space each...

I can easily fill a good half of 1TB HDD right now. And I will as soon as I can afford it. Actually I was thinking about 3x500GB HDDs in a RAID-5 but now I'm not sure which is better.

--
Alexander Suhovey
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675
 
michail said:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
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That article, dated 4th Jan 07 says Seagate is expecting to produce the
drive within 6 months - and "No company has since announced a drive with
750GB or greater capacity."

Then today arrives:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/05/hitachi_unveils_first_1tb_hdd/

Hitachi announce the same thing 1 day later, but shipping in the next 3
months! Talk about trying to out do the other. They're also releasing
a 750GB version too.

Strange though that they said: "Hitachi's announcement is the first
formal introduction of a 1TB desktop drive. That said, Seagte is
expected to announce a 1TB unit of its own next week at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES)"

So maybe Seagate hasn't formally announced?

D
 
I don't see the need for a 500 HP car either but I'd have one if I could
afford it. The nice thing is, I can afford the terabyte hard drive.

Just keep in mind, he who dies with the biggest and most toys wins! Don't
drop out of the man-club, buddy. Get that terabyte drive!

Dale



I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system
Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am
using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for
a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675
 
The RAID-5 is clearly better, somewhat for speed but a whole lot for
reliability. Otherwise, how are you going to backup a terabyte drive?
Besides, RAID is another power toy and adds to your ranking in the man club.

Dale



Let's see...

I have digital camcoder and still camera that I'm using on regular basis;
10-year archive of my digital life; recorded TV programs (growing very
quickly); ripped music CDs; games that nowadays require several gigs of disk
space each...

I can easily fill a good half of 1TB HDD right now. And I will as soon as I
can afford it. Actually I was thinking about 3x500GB HDDs in a RAID-5 but
now I'm not sure which is better.

--
Alexander Suhovey
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system
Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am
using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for
a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675
 
Wonder if they're using technology shown on PBS's Wired Science? Two
enthusiasts collect viruses from Yellowstone National Park, empty their
insides and install whatever nano parts they like. They showed that they
were already working to launch current hard drive density up about 10^4.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/
 
I don't see the need for a 500 HP car either but I'd have one if I could
afford it. The nice thing is, I can afford the terabyte hard drive.

Just keep in mind, he who dies with the biggest and most toys wins! Don't
drop out of the man-club, buddy. Get that terabyte drive!
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A *Real* man would buy one for each machine in his personal Beowolf
cluster...
 
That actually isn't true. I am using a Seagate 7200.10 (750GB with the same
perpendicular recording) as my C: drive for Vista x64 and it only took about
an hour to do a full format. I think the perpendicular recording plays a
role in that.
 
why full? a quick format is enough


Colin Barnhorst said:
That actually isn't true. I am using a Seagate 7200.10 (750GB with the
same perpendicular recording) as my C: drive for Vista x64 and it only
took about an hour to do a full format. I think the perpendicular
recording plays a role in that.
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Why not? Sometimes I feel better doing a full format if I am erasing an
older or broken system. Just a preference. My point, however, was that if
it takes 30 minutes to format a 75GB drive it doesn't follow that it would
ake ten times longer to format a 750GB drive because the technology has
changed.
 
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