The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...

Upgrading a drive on your PC is generally not that difficult, but it can be tricky to move over the data, and more importantly, the operating system, to the new drive. It's recommended that you ...

Do you find your computer slow? What if you could speed it up by swapping the storage device with a faster one? Did you know it is easy to clone your data to an SSD to keep it intact? All it takes is ...

My first hard drive was just 40 MB. Back then, circa 1990, the only reason you'd upgrade a hard drive was to increase your storage space. But, today, with the recent introduction of new hard-drive ...

What’s the most effective way to replace a hard drive without losing data? Undoubtedly through a 1-to-1 copy, and disk cloning software can help do that without any hassle. Whether it’s to clone a ...

Adding a second hard drive (in these days of cheap gigabytes). I see a variety of opinion about the best partitioning schemes and questions such as "I will be grateful to anyone who can explain to me ...

So I've got two computers. Computer one has one physical hard drive on it. Computer two has two physical hard drives on it. P-Drive C is partitioned into 3 drives. P-drive D is a single partition.

This article is part of Kotaku Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. You can add a lot of extra storage to your computer ...