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Hard Drives Exposed, Downloadable Video

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  • Copyright 2012
  • Edition: 1st
  • Downloadable Video
  • ISBN-10: 0-13-307103-0
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-13-307103-0

More than 50 minutes of up-to-the minute, studio quality, how-to videos.

Episode 1: Hard Drive History and Evolution Episode Description: Scott Mueller, author of the world’s bestselling PC hardware book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, explains the evolution of hard drives — all the way from 1956 to today!
Episode 2: Hard Drive Disassembly and Destruction Episode Description: Scott Mueller, author of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, peels open a hard drive to show you how it works. Scott also shows you how to properly destroy the data on a drive before you discard it.
Episode 3: Up Close: Running Hard Drives Exposed Episode Description: Scott Mueller, author of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, shows you what a drive looks like while it’s running. This is something you won’t see elsewhere and will help you better understand what’s going on inside that mysterious hard drive case.

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