9 posts and columns on disk drive

Even If He’s Not at Apple Event, Steve Jobs Sure Knows How to Put on a Show

in News on October 4, 2011 at 6:18 am PT

Remember: Anything can happen. Anything can be.
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Seagate: Buyout Talks Live, Financing In Place, N.Y. Post Says

in News on October 29, 2010 at 9:09 am PT

Seagate shares are getting a boost this morning from an upbeat story in the New York Post on the prospects for talks on taking the company private. Yesterday, the stock took a hit on a report that talks had collapsed. That was followed by multiple reports that KKR was likely to drop out of a group that has been discussing making an offer for the disk-drive maker.

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Seagate Once Again Tries to Get People to Back Up Their Data

in News on May 5, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Making backup copies of important data is like using dental floss–everybody knows they should do it more often, since not doing it can lead to catastrophe. Seagate Technology is trying to remove some of the excuses.

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Is The Street Too Cautious on 2010 PC Sales?

in News on December 29, 2009 at 8:49 am PT

It looks like 2010 could be an impressive rebound year for the PC sector–and in particular the disk-drive, processor and memory chip companies that provide key parts. In fact, as Avian Securites research chief Avi Cohen asserts in a note this morning, mainstream forecasts for PC unit growth in 2010 could be too low.

Windows 7 Upgrade Made Easy

in The Mossberg Solution on October 13, 2009 at 3:16 pm PT

If you’re considering moving your old PC to Windows 7, a $15 program will do the heavy lifting for you.
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Seagate Defrags Workforce, Executive Team

in News on January 12, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

“Terrible.” That was Seagate CEO Bill Watkins’s (at right, doing his Dr. Octopus impression) one-word description of the disk drive maker’s December sales last week–and apparently one of his final public comments as Chief Executive as well. This morning Seagate said that Watkins is handing the CEO reins over to Chairman Stephen Luczo and that the two will confer over the next week to “determine what role, if any, Mr. Watkins will have at the company going forward.”

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What's Up With Seagate?

in News on December 8, 2008 at 1:07 pm PT

Probably nothing. But the company’s stock has taken a jump today, which Web site TheFlyOnTheWall.com attributes to buyout rumors. Since the buyout market is dead right now, it’s most likely just a daydream.

Defragmenting a Mac Hard Disk

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 15, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Mac defragmentation, misleading “security programs” and transferring data from a floppy disk.

A Hard Drive Warning From an Old Computer

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 13, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about computer hard drive failure, running virtual machines on a Macintosh, and diagnosing slow startup times.