EARTH WEEK
Now through April 22, save up to 70% on digital learning resources. Learn more.
Register your product to gain access to bonus material or receive a coupon.
Accessible from your Account page after purchase. Requires the free QuickTime Player software.
Videos can be viewed on: Windows 8, Windows XP, Vista, 7, and all versions of Macintosh OS X including the iPad, and other platforms that support the industry standard h.264 video codec.
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.