Your computer has two basic kinds of memory: hard drive storage and random-access memory, and they perform separate functions. Although adding a second hard drive increases your PC's storage capacity, ...

So you’re running out of storage on your laptop or desktop. Or your PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch console. Er, or phone or tablet. Welcome to the club. Now that your world has become ...

Hard drives are no longer the primary storage medium in many PCs, as the market has transitioned to faster solid state drives over the past several years. Even so, there is still a market for good old ...

A computer running at full capacity could mean one of three things, which are often confused, but have their own issues and consequences. CPU usage refers to the processor, which carries out ...

The simplest way to clone the disk is with a dual HDD/SSD dock. Almost every dual dock has a cloning function built in. Insert the HDD into the Source bay and the SSD into the Target bay. Long press ...

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I actualized longstanding aspirations to bolster my backup stratagem in order to better protect my precious data from failed hardware and other catastrophes (a virus or hack, for example). This ...

Installing an internal hard drive is one of the more straightforward upgrades out there—and is often a better option than using external drives that may be dropped or misplaced. The process usually ...

Near the turn of the century, data centers were only beginning to implement Fibre Channel storage-area networks (SAN), with most relying on direct-attached storage (DAS). Data utilization rates were ...

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Sometimes, when you attempt to format a USB or an External drive, it shows less space available than the total space. Also, it may throw up an error message at the ...

The itty-bitty Samsung USB Type-C Flash Drive is now available with up to 512GB of storage capacity — twice as much as before. And the company’s miniature USB-A version also doubled in capacity. A ...