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SCSI
Small Computer System Interface, device interconnection standard allowing daisy chaining of devices. There are various standards of SCSI: SCSI, SCSI-2, SCSI-3 and SCSI-4
Sector
Smallest grouping of data that can be assigned to store data on the media of an Hard Disk Drive, comprises of 512 bytes (section of a track)
Seek (time)
The movement of a head in search of the right data track
Sequential Access
The reading or writing of data in a sequential order as opposed to random access
Servo data / pattern
Magnetic markings that indicate the position of a head relative to a track (guide for head)
Servo system
a recorded segment of the CD that may contain one or more tracks of any type (data/audio)
Settle Time
The time lapse between arrival of the head at a specific track, and the head to stop fibrating so that a reliable read/write can take place
SFF
Small form factor, a committee consisting of suppliers of IDE hard disk drives, formed to agree technical specifications such as E-IDE
Shock rating
Measurement (Gs) indicating how much shock a disk drive before damage could occur
S.M.A.R.T
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, an automatic process which provides an advanced warning of device degradation and/or faults, to help prevent loss of data. Early warning system
Spindle Motor
Motor that rotates the platters
Soft Error
A data error which can be corrected by attempting to re-read the data
SSA
Serial Storage Architecture, an new type of interface, using copper or fibre optic connections. Data travels serially (one bit at the time)
Stepper Motor
predecessor of Rotary Voice Coil Motor, component that controls head movement
Storage Density
recording density (see BPI, TPI, Areal Density)
Substrate
The material underneath the magnetic coating of a disk
Surface
each side of a disk has a surface that is coated with the magnetic material for data storage
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This is the list for the most popular Disk Image sharewares worldwide. And also you can find the Disk Image Freewares from another post in my blog.
1. Shareware: Acronis True Image
Version: 2009
Acronis True Image Home 2009 is an award-winning backup and recovery solution for a good reason: it protects your PC after just one click and allows you to recover from viruses, unstable software downloads, and failed hard drives. Create an exact copy of your PC and restore it from a major failure in minutes, or back up important files and recover them even faster.
2. Shareware: Drive Backup
Version: 9.0 Pro
Protect your hardware, undo software malfunctions or crashes, and safeguard your data with our latest Drive Backup 9.0 Personal Edition. This feature-rich software easily restores your system whenever disaster strikes, and optimizes storage utilization to keep your system running at top speed.
Along with reliable entire disk backup, this powerful application provides you with a new approach to file backup and enhanced recovery tools. Use its Smart Backup to free up disk space. You can now recover/restore your PC or laptop with our handy bootable, portable rescue USB flash drive.
3. Shareware: OO DiskImage
Version: 3 Pro
Create images and restore entire systems quickly and easily. All the standard and professional features are combined into one single product. You can adjust all the functions to suit your requirements, with options that range from fully automatic to individually customized. Thanks to an improved user interface, it’s now possible to create and manage images even faster. Creating images on a regular basis is really the best way to protect your data from being lost unexpectedly – with O&O DiskImage 3 Professional Edition, you are fully equipped to face any emergency!
4. Shareware: Norton Ghost
Version: 14.0
Protects your computer with advanced backup and recovery. Full system backup (disk image)—Backs up everything on a hard drive or partition.
5. Shareware: R-Drive Image
Version: 4.4
A potent utility providing disk image files creation for backup or duplication purposes. A disk image file contains the exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without stopping Windows OS and therefore without interrupting your business. These drive image files can then be stored in a variety of places, including various removable media such as CD-R(W)/DVD, Iomega Zip or Jazz disks, etc.
6. Shareware: Image for Windows
Version: 2.25
An affordable, reliable drive image backup and restore solution that provides an easy and convenient way to completely backup all your hard drive’s data and operating systems. Your backups can be saved directly to external USB and FireWire™ drives, to internal or network drives, and even directly to CD or DVD. The Image for Windows package includes an easy-to-use MakeDisk wizard for creating a recovery boot disk. To restore your data and operating systems back to the way they were when the backup was created, simply boot the recovery disk and restore the partition(s) or drive(s) you need to recover. It’s that easy.
7. Shareware: Exact Image
Version: 2009
Protect your data from accidental loss and restore the whole system in case of OS crash with 7tools Exact Image 2009.
8. Shareware: DFSee
Version: 9.xx
This is a ZIP file with the latest ISO image for the bootable CDROM, plus a small program that is used to add your existing registration key to this image. Instructions to use this program and burn the CDR are included in the ZIP file as well.
The bare ISO image contains a temporary key, expiring about 60 days after release. If you have a registration, it is advised to burn the ISO to a CD after adding your own key with the supplied utility.
9. Shareware: Active@ Disk Image
Version: 3.2
Software that makes an exact copy of any PC disks (HDD,USB,CD,DVD,Blu-ray etc. . . ) and stores it into a folder. The disk images may be used for backups, PC upgrades or disk duplication purposes.
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