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What is Samsung Format Utility?

The Samsung Format utility is a program specifically designed for formating Samsung External Hard Disk drives. It can be used to format the hard drive using either the FATS32 or NTFS file system.

How to use Samsung Format Utility?

1. Download the Samsung Format Utility program to you main system drive.

2. Run the executable to extract the utility to a location on your main system drive (not the external drive).

3. Ensure the Samsung External Disk Drive is attached to your system. Double click on the executable file, and

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Samsung Auto Backup is Bundled software that performs a backup of the PC data to Samsung External Hard Drive. Through the Real-Time Backup or Scheduled Backup, the data can be backed up safely to Samsung External Hard Drive.

When the backed up data are damaged due to a system error or user’s mistake, they can be checked/recovered through the Integrity Check. Also the original data
that was stored in the PC can be conveniently recovered when damaged or lost.

※ Caution : The Samsung Auto Backup program operates only with a Samsung External Hard Drive.

radial path
A straight-line path from the center of a disk to the outer edge.

RAFF™
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward. WD technology that maintains the highest possible data transfer performance in the high rotational vibration environments commonly found in servers and storage arrays.

RAID
Redundant array of independent disks. A grouping of hard drives in a single system to provide greater performance and data integrity.

RAID 0
RAID protocol in which data is striped across multiple hard drives, enabling the accelerated reading and recording of data by combining the work of two or more drives to…

OEM
Original equipment manufacturer. In the case of WD, OEM customers are companies such as Dell and HP.

operating system
Software that allows users and programs installed on your system to communicate with computer hardware such as a hard drive.

partition
A logical division on a hard drive that the operating system treats as a separate hard drive. Each partition is assigned a unique drive letter.

passive termination
A termination architecture that matches impedance at the end of the SCSI bus by using a voltage divider network of passive resistors.

PATA
Parallel Advanced Technology…

Recovery data from dead hard drives which do note that disassembling a hard drive is not recommended and can result to permanent data loss and further damage to your drive.  If your data is business critical, please seek professional help.

The green board on the bottom of the hard drive is known as Hard Drive Printed Circuit Board (HDD PCB).  The main function of the PCB is to supply power to the hard drive, maintain speed and rotation of the spindle, and control all internal operations through its firmware.  Essentially, PCB is the brains of the hard drive that…

External hard drives are great way to back up your favourite photos, videos, music and work documents – especially as they can be stored separately, ensuring your important files remain safe should anything happen to your laptop or computer. If you’ve never bought an external hard drive before then there’s a few pointers here that may help to have on your shopping list before you go and make that final purchase.

1. Buy A Brand
Do yourself a huge favor and buy a brand name that you easily recognize. Sure these may cost a little more than brand…

NAS
Network attached storage. Hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the computer that is serving network workstation users.

NAT
Network Address Translation. Used in gateway devices that form the boundary between the public Internet and the private LAN. As IP packets from the private LAN traverse the gateway, NAT translates a private IP address and port number to a public IP address and port number, tracking those translations to keep individual sessions intact.

NCQ
Native command queuing. A command protocol implemented only on native SATA hard…

Seagate File Recovery is an advanced, easy to use, data recovery and undelete software. It helps you to recover your lost files from local hard disks and other removable media.

Consider using Seagate File Recovery if:

• You need a fast and affordable data recovery solution.
• You have accidentally formatted your hard drive.
• You have experienced data loss due to software malfunctions, viruses or have deleted important files or directories from your Recycle Bin or Trash Bin.

In most cases when files are lost due to crashes, viruses, or other system failures, they can be recovered without having…

Western Digital was founded in 1970 and has grown into a global leader in the development and manufacturing of hard drives and solid state drives for internal, external, portable and shared storage applications. WD hard drives are used in desktop and notebook computers, mobile and handheld devices, corporate networks and home entertainment equipment. The company’s solid-state storage is used in netcom, industrial, embedded computing, medical, military and aerospace markets.

10 Popular WD Hard Drives:

Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black SATA 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Notebook Hard Drive WD3200BEKT

Original Price: $82.99
Price: $59.99 on Amazon.com…

Magnetic flux
A pattern of magnetic pole directions of bits written on a disk.

Master
The primary drive in a dual-drive configuration. A Master drive by itself (with no Slave) is called a single drive.

MB
Megabyte. WD defines a megabyte as 1,000,000 (one million) bytes.

mechanical latency
A time period, including both seek time and rotational latency. Mechanical latencies are the main hindrance to higher performance in hard drives and are one hundred times greater than electronic (non-mechanical) latencies associated with data transfers. See also rotational latency and seek time.

media
In hard drives,…