If you mean check the disk information, capacity, etc, then right click on the HD icon and select Get Info.
If you want to know the core information then click on the Apple icon it the Apple menu, upper left of screen, in 10.6, select About This Mac, select More Info..., then click to your heart's content.
Yes, but the formating process will overwrite all the exsinting drive contents.
Hard drive cloning takes the contents of one hard drive and transfers it to another. The easiest way to do this is by using an imaging utility like Acronis or Clonezilla.
the only way i kno is to install your OS on the new hard drive, and then copy all of your important files to a DVD as data files. and copy them to the new hard drive. i also think that you can have both hooked up and just click and drag them but I'm not sure.
Changes are that it's a fan and not the hard drive. However, if it is the hard drive, chances that the internal bearings are going bad. I'd replace the drive and transfer the contents as soon as possible, before the drive completely crashes.
Maybe you should check your book. <---- not very nice A Cluster
Yes
none of the above
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Some hard drive perfomance can be improved through special utilities. Check the manufacture website for such software. I know that Western Digital has software to check and fix your hard drive.
Disk cloning is the copying of the contents of one hard disk to another hard disk. In the alternative, a cloning copy can also be saved as an "image" file; a compressed file containing a "snap shot" of the hard drive's contents.
fire wire, map both drives cut and past Connect them both to the computer and copy the contents from one hard drive and paste it into the other. If you don't have enough USB interfaces ( connections) to connect them both then make a folder on your desktop and copy the files from the source hard drive into the folder on your desktop. Then connect the destination hard drive and move the contents from the desktop o your destination drive. From the Book on Hardware written by ME Need a copy Check the stats
Connect the hard-drive to a computer via the USB port. On the 'host' computer - click on the 'My computer' icon Select the external hard drive from the list of available devices (probably 'E' drive)