Knowing HP 3D DriveGuard: Protecting Your Data On The Move

I hope any of you haven't experienced an awful situation with your notebook, when you found all of a sudden, you're hard drive stopped working, and all of your important data might got lost, for good. HDD potential  failures can happen even more when you're transporting your computer when it's up and running. For instance, you're having a presentation and it's your turn to show it, you'll bring your computer forward. Rough handlings, bumps, and even drops will bring the risk of HDD failure, up significantly. ​

You'll look for some recovery services to retrieve your priceless data out of your failed HDD if this disaster happens. However, preventing the disaster to happen to your HDD is more convenient. 

Few things you can do to secure your data before an HDD Failure:

• Backup your data regularly
• Backup your backed up data, regularly

Another thing for you, owners of HP Mobile Workstation, is that HP had put a substantially advanced data protection inside every HP Mobile Workstation by default. It's called HP 3D DRIVEGUARD.

And from my point of view, you need to know what you were paying for, when starting the investment in HP Mobile Workstation.

HP 3D DriveGuard mitigates the risk of a hard drive failure within your HP Mobile Workstation by protecting against everyday wear and tear. With HP 3D DriveGuard, your critical information is not only better protected, but is more easily protected, whenever you're on the move.

HP 3D DriveGuard Mechanism
With HP 3D DriveGuard drive protection system, a shock-resistant, hard-mount solution reduces the transmission of shock to thte hard drive by as much as 50%. This mieans the hard drive is mounted firmly to the notebook frame, so the notebook absorbs more of the impact from drops, bumps and bands. This approach works like a car seatbelt that keeps you strapped firmly in place during an accident, while the car frame absorbs the brunt of the impact. Additionally, workstation series HP Notebooks include a magnesium drive cage, which adds an extra layer of protection.

Active Motion Sensing
HP 3D DriveGuard is also consist of three axis digital accelerometer, that provides additional protection against operational shock. Its motion sensing device is designed to detect impending risk to the notebook's HDD from sudden changes in motion - before the HDD can be damaged by a drop.

When the 3D Digital Accelerometer detects motion, it immediately notifies the system software of the danger. This gives the system time to temporarily stop the HDD by parking the head in a split second. This automatic adjustment helps protect your hard drive from scratches and the possible data loss that come with them.

So, in order to have a protected, secure and safe data from loss possibility, you need to have an essential protection layer which is backing up your HDD regularly. In the next level HDD protection, HP has done in placing another transparent layer in protecting the HDD inside your HP Mobile Workstation, by implementing an HP Innovation: HP 3D DriveGuard. Feel secure and safe, with your data on the go.

Update: Feb 11, 2013
Here's a screen shot of my HP Mobile Workstation Elitebook 8530w (Yes, it's an old model. But it's sufficient to accompany me along with my 8760w and Envy 14 Spectre for my daily work), protected with HP 3D DriveGuard. It's using a 750GB SATA II SSD Hybrid Drive (Seagate Momentus XT 2nd Gen).