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CNET editor Dong Ngo shows how you can replace your computer's hard drive with a solid-state drive and be significantly happier with your life. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

Typically, you shouldn't need to format your hard drive to get rid of viruses. As long as your anti-virus program is up-to-date, it should detect and remove any malware on your system. If, however, ...

So you have a problem? Check out this guide to recovering your most important data. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Your computer ...

Planning to auction off that old computer on eBay? You might want to take a closer look at what’s on your disk drive first. According to a new study by two MIT graduate students, companies and ...

You can partition a hard drive on a computer to create multiple drive letters with a single drive. You can use the Disk Management utility in Windows to partition a drive by shrinking an existing ...

Whether your office computer sets on a desk or accompanies you on the road, you can expand your working capabilities with the addition of a second internal hard drive. Removable storage media – such ...

Arganalth can look at an old floppy disk drive and see in it a second act. The 23-year-old engineer from Lille, France, uses old computer hardware long overdue for the landfill to assemble an ...

Pioneer Electronics announced today that it is shipping a Blu-ray computer drive, the industry's first. The BDR-101A uses blue laser technology to burn up to 25GB of data onto a single-layer Blu-ray ...

Last week my hard drive crashed. It was working fine and then the screen locked, the computer powered down, and that was it. Kaput. Dead. If you’ve never had a hard drive crash on you, you’re lucky.