A bare drive dock like this one from Cirago is used to quickly move files to and from your computer via USB.(Jim Rossman / TNS) This week I got an email from a reader who asks, “I have a stand-alone ...

It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...

Upgrading to a new SSD can significantly enhance your computer’s performance, whether upgrading to a larger SSD drive, a faster NVMe or M.2 SSD, or replacing an old SSD. For this reason, many users ...

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I recently tried to add another hard drive to my computer and while doing so the install software that came with the new drive installed something onto one of my old drives. From then on I cannot ...

I'm going to be building a new computer - and would like to move my current hard drive (w/Win98 installed on it) from the current computer (Dell OptiPlex, P-II, 450MHz) to the new one (Athlon XP1500+, ...

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 ...