Due to their ease of portability, notebooks are being chosen by more and more computer users are over desktops. As a result, notebooks have become vital appliances with performance that needs to be just as robust as their desktop counterparts.
Yet desktop computers don't have a tendency of being dropped or banged around. Notebooks lead a much harder life, thereby possibly compromising the security and longevity of the hard drive.
hard drive accommodates that sturdy requirement by using perpendicular recording technology to pack in as much as 160 Gbytes of storage into a 2.5-inch hard drive, and securing stored data with the addition of Seagate's free-fall protection.
Perpendicular recording technology not only increases data capacity, but also improves performance by allowing more bits to travel under the heads in a single revolution. An additional performance boost is provided via the hard drive's 7,200-rpm rotational speed, which offers 25 percent better performance over 5,400-rpm drives.
Seagate's optional free-fall protection has a sensor that detects changes in acceleration. When acceleration equal to the force of gravity is detected, the heads are quickly parked away from the platters to prevent what's known as a head crash.
This free-fall protection activates within three-tenths of a second and is effective for a fall of as little as 8 inches, thwarting permanent damage to the disk and the loss of data.
Seagate's Momentus 7200.2 hard drives are designed for mainstream notebook PCs, RAID enclosures, small form-factor desktops and servers, copiers and printers and applications where performance and size are critical. The drives are offered in 80-, 100-, 120- and 160-Gbyte capacities. Free-fall protection is optional on the 80- and 160-Gbyte models.
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