Amid the widespread shift to subscription-based cloud storage solutions, relying on good-old physical drives can be a reassuring sense of independence. Whether you're trying to repurpose an old hard ...

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use. File ...

For those of us who rarely transfer files physically across devices, file-format capability may be a distant memory. It used to occupy a lot of attention. But it still crops up whenever you’re trying ...

When working with a USB drive in your small business, one or more of its sectors might be unreadable due to permanent damage. Although the Windows 7 operating system is unable to access some sectors, ...

There's more to it than you might think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Knowing how to format a hard drive seems like something ...

The latest software update for the PlayStation 5 is live, and it gives players an option to store game data externally using a USB device. The PS5 update, which dropped Wednesday, April 14, includes a ...

Even with modern, high-speed Internet connections, few methods of moving data from your home PC to your business computer are faster, more convenient and more secure than using a USB drive. Fedora ...

Majid was unable to copy a movie from his PC to his newly acquired 32GB USB key, and wondered why. He sent me a screenshot that clearly indicated the problem, as it read “The file is too large for the ...