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 ...
All of the above are brand new, except the LG drive. I have a WD 640Gb hard drive and a Dell "Enterprise Class" 500Gb hard drive, both Sata. When I install them in an external Sata drive USB-connected ...
Lately I’ve been helping my wife deal with a laptop hard drive that’s too small. Whenever we go out, I’m the one who takes ...
You may need to format a hard drive to match your computer's operating system before you can use it. To format a hard drive in Windows, you'll use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, you'll use ...
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 ...