Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage provides a cost-effective alternative to SSDs. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While many people rely on solid state drives, or SSDs, for a variety of reasons (especially if they want their video games to load quickly), ...

A hard drive stores your data, such as files, apps, the operating system, and more of your device. What makes this product unique is that the information continues to be stored inside of it even if ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buying an external hard drive is one of the best decisions a PC or Mac user can make. It gives you the option of backing up your data in a ...

Today's fastest internal SSDs come in the super-small "gumstick" M.2 format. Here's how to buy the right M.2 SSD, along with ...

This week I got an email from a reader who asks, "I have a stand-alone hard drive that cannot be accessed anymore. I've tried different laptops and different cables, but to no avail. The light is ...

QUESTION: What should I be doing to monitor my hard drive? ANSWER: Of all the components that make up your computer, the hard drive should be considered the most important to maintain and monitor ...

In this podcast, we talk to Rainer Kaese, senior manager for business development in storage products at Toshiba Electronics Europe, about how temperature affects hard disk drives (HDDs). Kaese says ...