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Hard Disk Pre-Delay from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 24, 2019

Hard Disk Pre-Delay from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide!

Hard Disk Pre-Delay Common Options : Disabled, 3 Seconds, 6 Seconds, 9 Seconds, 12 Seconds, 15 Seconds, 2 ...

Hard Disk Pre-Delay Common Options : Disabled, 3 Seconds, 6 Seconds, 9 Seconds, 12 Seconds, 15 Seconds, 21 Seconds, 30 Seconds Hard Disk Pre-Delay : A Quick Review The Hard Disk Pre-Delay BIOS ...

November 24, 2019
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Multi-Sector Transfers from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 03, 2019

Multi-Sector Transfers from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

Multi-Sector Transfers Common Options : Disabled, 2 Sectors, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, 16 Sectors, 32 Sectors ...

Multi-Sector Transfers Common Options : Disabled, 2 Sectors, 4 Sectors, 8 Sectors, 16 Sectors, 32 Sectors, Maximum Quick Review of Multi-Sector Transfers The Multi-Sector Transfers BIOS feature ...

March 03, 2019
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Tech ARP 20th Anniversary Giveaway Week 7 – Western Digital!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 16, 2018

Tech ARP 20th Anniversary Giveaway Week 7 – Western Digital!

Tech ARP is now 20 years old! To celebrate, we partnered up with many of the world's TOP BRANDS to thank ...

Tech ARP is now 20 years old! To celebrate, we partnered up with many of the world's TOP BRANDS to thank you all for your loyal support with a TWENTY-WEEK GIVEAWAY! 😲 😲 😲 Tech ARP Is 20 Years O ...

December 16, 2018
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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How To Choose The Best Drive For Your PC

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 29, 2017

How To Choose The Best Drive For Your PC

Western Digital colour-codes their hard disk drives not to make the drives look sexier, or to help sell m ...

Western Digital colour-codes their hard disk drives not to make the drives look sexier, or to help sell more hard disk drives. They created the WD drive colours to help users understand the distinct a ...

December 29, 2017
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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WD Introduces MAMR Technology For 40TB & Beyond!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 16, 2017

WD Introduces MAMR Technology For 40TB & Beyond!

October 13, 2017 — Western Digital just announced a breakthrough innovation for delivering ultra-high cap ...

October 13, 2017 — Western Digital just announced a breakthrough innovation for delivering ultra-high capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) to meet the future demands of Big Data with proven data center-le ...

October 16, 2017
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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The 10TB WD Red (WD100EFAX) Hard Disk Drive Review

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 16, 2017

The 10TB WD Red (WD100EFAX) Hard Disk Drive Review

The popularity of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems has fuelled a surge in demand for large capacity ...

The popularity of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems has fuelled a surge in demand for large capacity hard disk drives. This interest led Western Digital to create the WD Red NAS-optimised family ...

August 16, 2017
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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32-bit Transfer Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 06, 2017

32-bit Transfer Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

32-bit Transfer Mode Common Options : On, Off Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to command ...

32-bit Transfer Mode Common Options : On, Off Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to command the IDE controller to combine two 16-bit hard disk reads into a single 32-bit data transfer to ...

March 06, 2017
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 28, 2016

IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS fea ...

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS feature speeds up hard disk drive access by transferring multiple sectors of data per interrupt in ...

November 28, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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WD Gold – The Gold Standard In HDD Technology

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 09, 2016

WD Gold – The Gold Standard In HDD Technology

Hard disk drives have evolved into many distinct families to cater to different requirements - performanc ...

Hard disk drives have evolved into many distinct families to cater to different requirements - performance, low cost storage, NAS, surveillance, etc. They often emphasise one attribute over others, to ...

November 09, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Mainstream Hard Disk Drives Keep Getting Better

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: September 15, 2016

Mainstream Hard Disk Drives Keep Getting Better

Hard disk drives have become so commoditised that most users assume that one hard disk drive is no differ ...

Hard disk drives have become so commoditised that most users assume that one hard disk drive is no different from another. That's not true, of course, because there are performance-grade drives, NAS-o ...

September 15, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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High Performance PCs Need High Performance Drives

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 15, 2016

High Performance PCs Need High Performance Drives

In the early days of personal computing, hard disk drives were just a place to store our applications and ...

In the early days of personal computing, hard disk drives were just a place to store our applications and files. Our requirements were simpler back then, and so were the hard disk drives. Over time, o ...

June 15, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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ARMD Emulation Type – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: January 17, 2016

ARMD Emulation Type – BIOS Optimization Guide

ARMD Emulation Type Common Options : Auto, Floppy, Hard Disk Drive Quick Review ARMD is actually s ...

ARMD Emulation Type Common Options : Auto, Floppy, Hard Disk Drive Quick Review ARMD is actually short for ATAPI Removable Media Device. It refers to devices that use removable media. Examples ...

January 17, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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