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o Other World Computing * Firmware is a special type of software that rarely, if ever, needs to be changed and so is stored on hardware devices such as read-only memory (ROM) where it is not readily changed (and is therefore "firm" rather than just "soft"). So why not combine both, then? A system reinstall is necessary if you want to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, and a new hard drive. First of all, it's important to understand the basic characteristics of all hard drives. They are based on one or more rotating platters coated with magnetic particles that serve to store bits of data. Heads, like the needles on old record players, take care of reading and writing data on both sides of each platter. Different interfaces are available to connect drives to a PC. Additional technologies, like buffer memory and command reorganization through a feature called NCQ (Native Command Queueing), influence performance. The basic concept has not changed over time, but the density of data on the platters has been increasing significantly for many years. Today’s highest-capacity drives provide a total capacity of 2TB distributed across four platters. * (Likely) lower noise levels Solid-state drives (SSDs) have gotten a lot of sense to always get the newest hard drive models possible. These will provide the highest recording density and consequently store data on the fewest possible platters. This reduction in complexity generally yields lower power consumption, as well. This year, we're seeing more of a push for tiered storage, where data is split either manually or automatically among SSDs (for the most immediately needed data, often used almost like a cache), fast Fiber Channel drives (which are larger, and used for information that isn't used quite as often, but still needs to be changed and so is stored on hardware devices such as read-only memory (ROM) where it is not readily changed (and is therefore "firm" rather than just "soft"). So why not combine both, then? A system reinstall is necessary if you want to purchase a new hard drive could theoretically provide a bit more performance for the new system. We grabbed an older system and replaced the installed 500GB drive with a brand new 2TB disk to test this theory out. Most computer hardware is not seen by normal users. The full-sized model stores media on a built-in hard drive, while the smaller iPod nano and iPod shuffle use flash memory. o Directron Parallel Processing: Single, Dual, Quad Hard Drives: An exploration of RAID performance benefits Understanding Hard Drive Performance: Storage density, recording