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firmware,
n a special type of permanent program that takes the place of or accomplishes the function of traditional hardware components. Firmware is loaded into the equipment, either at the time it is manufactured or later, by the person installing the equipment or the person using it.


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Hard drive malfunction can be divided into two types one is the so called Firmware Level malfunction that can be repaired using relating software or factory commands; the other one left is the Physical Level malfunction caused by physical hard drive components damage.
According to Kronos, the SECUDE system offers a secure software encryption capability and integration with the Seagate Momentus FDE hard drive enables encryption at the firmware level.
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