A pair of external hard drives on a wooden surface - Wing-wing/Getty Images Many of us rely on external hard drives for our storage needs, often as a cheaper data storage medium. We use them with our ...

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 ...

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So if you can't get the drive to show up on a Windows PC, try plugging it into a Mac, or vice versa. It's possible the drive just isn't formatted for the computer you're trying to use, and you'll need ...

Many of us rely on external hard drives for our storage needs, often as a cheaper data storage medium. We use them with our laptops and desktops to back up data or transfer files between devices.