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Seagate Is Now Shipping Commercial HAMR HDDs
By Anton Shilov published
The HAMR HDD era has begun, but PMR and SMR drives will continue to ship for years.

Western Digital Black 8TB HDD Review: Not Back in Black
By Shane Downing published
An underwhelming “high-performance” HDD.

WD Red Plus 12TB HDD Review: Seeing Red
By Shane Downing published
The WD Red Plus is a reduced version of the Red Pro, both designed for network attached storage (NAS). The Red Plus is cheaper and quieter but also slower with a shorter warranty.

How to Format a Hard Drive Using the Command Prompt
By Joshua Simenhoff last updated
You can clean internal and external hard drives using the command prompt by following our instructions.

Toshiba X300 14TB HDD Review: A Swing and a Miss
By Shane Downing published
More capacity, but not more performance.

Seagate FireCuda 8TB HDD Review: A Solid Storage Solution
By Shane Downing published
Seagate delivers a meat and potatoes desktop hard drive

Seagate BarraCuda 8TB HDD Review: The SMR Slowdown
By Shane Downing published
The Seagate BarraCuda is a slow but inexpensive hard drive that suffers from its use of SMR technology. It’s good for specific use cases but should be avoided for high-performance applications.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB HDD Review: The Warranty Advantage
By Shane Downing published
We review the 14TB Seagate IronWolf Pro, an HDD built for NAS that also serves well in other roles given its performance and pricing.
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