HardDrives, CDRoms and Tapes
Info Center:
Storage Standards:
EIDE Interface:
- The Enhanced
IDE FAQ is an attempt to answer the most common questions concerning
EIDE harddisks, CD-ROMs, tapes, interfaces and setup. (by Peter den Haan)
- EIDE
VERSUS SCSI Why purchase SCSI? (by Peter den Haan)
ATA, ATA-2, ATAPI, SCSI:
- ATA, ATA-2, ATAPI, SCSI and other standards are available from Symbios
and Western Digital.
- Hale Landis' How It Works documents are archived at
www.ata-atapi.com.
- The Phoenix Enhanced Disk Drive specification, El Torito
bootable CD-ROM spec and more can be found at
Phoenix' web site.
Misc Information:
- Quantum Basic
Resources has an excellent tutorial on storage basics. If basic terminology
confuses you, this will rapidly get you up to date on the most important
concepts.
- Quantum
Technical Information Papers deal with the 528MB barrier, harddrives
and system performance, and PRML read channels, among other things. The
White Paper
section has a large number of well written papers on S.M.A.R.T., MR heads
and PRML read channels,
Ultra-ATA (DMA/33) and so forth. There are also a number of specifications
online.
- Seagate Technology
Papers and Technical Fact Sheets give excellent information about Enhanced
IDE and Fast-ATA, MR heads, S.M.A.R.T. and a lot more.
Storage Resources:
- Frank Condron's World O'Windows
is an invaluable resource for Win95 and WinNT drivers and tips.
- MicroHouse's specs
and jumper settings page locates harddrive specifications. Blue Planet
also maintains a page with "jumpers
and specifications for every drive ever made".
- Many problems are due to an outdated or buggy BIOS and can be fixed
with a (flash) BIOS upgrade. An excellent starting point is Wim's
BIOS page.
- Commercial sites: AMI, Asus,
CMD, Conner,
DTC, EliteGroup,
EliteGroup USA, Fujitsu,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM,
IBM (PC Company), Intel,
Iomega, Maxtor,
MicroHouse, Microsoft,
Microid Research (MR BIOS), Novell,
Novell, Novell
Netware, OnTrack, Opti,
Phoenix, PowerQuest,
Promise, Quantum,
SCO, Seagate,
Tekram, Tyan,
Unicore, Wearnes,
Western Digital, Winbond.
- Mitsumi Peripherals
- CD
Recorders FAQ
- Eide/Fast
ATA FAQ
- Comp.periphs.SCSI
FAQ
Technical Information:
Books to read