Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

While USB flash drives have largely fallen out of vogue, they can be handy as a backup when cloud backups or other solutions fail to save Windows.

How to fully back up your Windows PC for free (even if it's working properly today) ...

Use a competent backup software solution like Veeam Free Endpoint Backup or something similar. You'll need to make a mapped network drive mount of the network share from each computer to the other so ...

Losing important computer data can be a nightmare. Whether due to hardware failure, accidental deletion, software corruption, or theft, data loss can disrupt your work and personal life. Regularly ...

I’ve been arguing with people (besides my children) lately, this time about backup options. Primarily, some of the vendors of the new USB 2.0 hard drives are mad because I don’t think they make a good ...

Do you keep a bootable USB drive handy? Maybe you still have the USB drive that you last used to install Windows, or any of the other bootable thumb drives that you've made over the years? Since we ...

No actual file transfer tests? Tests with small block sizes? Could we get those? Given that harddisks often have significant variability there, that would be extremely useful to add. i.e. performance ...

There are two main reasons why you’d buy an external hard drive. First, your laptop or desktop is running out storage space; it’s a common problem, especially if your computer is several years old. Or ...