hard drive News and Other Resources

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How do I force Windows to assign a drive letter to an external hard drive when attached?

February 29, 2008 8:12pm PST

Here is the question I received via email. "I often recieve external hard drives containing large amounts (10-500+gb)of data from vendors.Â Each time I connect the drive, Windows assigns it to...

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Move your iTunes library to an external hard drive

May 15, 2009 4:00pm PDT

Has your iTunes library become too big to fit on your computer? CNET's Donald Bell shows you how to move your iTunes media collection to an external hard drive.

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BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 external hard-drive kit photos

January 5, 2010 9:00am PST

Seagate introduces its first USB 3.0-based storage solution for laptops at CES 2010.

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Roundup: External hard drives under $150

May 21, 2010 9:34pm PDT

Before you start furiously deleting precious music, photos, and movies from your computer, why not free up space and archive your library at the same time with an external hard drive? Storage...

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Photos: Demo-lition of ioSafe's Solo external hard drive

January 9, 2009 10:00am PST

Backing up data to an external hard drive won't help in case of fire or flood--unless the drive is one that can withstand disasters.

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Photos: Dissecting a hard drive

November 12, 2007 3:09am PST

Western Digital invites CNET News.com's Erica Ogg to rip apart its 160GB "Scorpio" hard disk drive.

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Slideshow: Shrink a hard drive volume in Windows 7

November 23, 2011 12:28am PST

Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows 7 to shrink a hard disk volume to create room so you can add a new partition.

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TR Community tip: Access data despite RAW message on an external hard drive

September 16, 2009 5:36am PDT

In this quick tip by TR member Jacky Howe, learn how to access your data if you receive a RAW filesystem message when connecting to an external hard drive via USB.

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Disaster-proof hardware: ioSafe's SoloPRO hard drive

November 23, 2010 5:30pm PST

The ultimate data protection strategy involves moving data off-site, but there still are plenty of use cases for disaster-proof storage media. Read about ioSafe's new fireproof hard drive.

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Pop Quiz: Traditional hard drive types

March 22, 2011 12:18pm PDT

Do you know the difference between ATA, SATA, SCSI, and SAS hard drives? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of hard drive basics.

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Review: Toshiba 320GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

April 30, 2009 12:14am PDT

With hard drive sizes going up and costs going down, having individual backup storage is now a cost-effective solution to keep end users data safe. Jack Wallen reviews the Toshiba 320GB Portable...

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Geekend hack: Add an external hard drive to your TiVo HD

August 14, 2009 6:48am PDT

In this episode of CNET's Hacks, Brian Cooley, Editor-at-Large, shows you how to add more space to your TiVo using an external hard drive.

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How do I... Build and configure an external hard drive enclosure?

January 18, 2008 1:32pm PST

Do you have an old hard drive, which still works, lying around and gathering dust that youâ€™d like to put to good use? If you answered yes, then chances are good that youâ€™ve thought about using...

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Video: Restore files from a damaged hard drive with ZAR

July 20, 2009 10:56am PDT

Hard drive failures are always a nuisance -- if not a disaster -- especially when the backups have gone missing or were never made. Bill Detwiler shows you how the Zero Assumption Recovery (ZAR)...

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Toshiba flash drives break 30 GB, Samsung offers tiny HDD, and Seagate to make flash-based hard drives

August 28, 2007 9:17pm PDT

Storage is leaping forward as fast as any segment of the technology market right now. Three news stories during the past week punctuate the rapid changes that are happening in storage: Toshiba...

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Cracking open a laptop hard drive

June 25, 2007 8:26am PDT

Explore this photo gallery to see how one of the world's most popular mobile hard disks (the Hitachi Travelstar) is put together to power countless laptops.

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Articles

Hybrid hard drives set to heat up the market--for Vista

October 25, 2006 7:00am PDT

Scott Lowe explains the potential of hybrid hard drives to reduce storage power consumption for Microsoft Vista and beyond.

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Articles

Don't leave information on old hard drives

January 27, 2006 8:00am PST

Organizations replace computers for all kinds of reasons, and they often donate or sell the old hardware. However, many fail to effectively erase the data on the old hard drives. Jonathan Yarden...

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IT Dojo: Restore files from a damaged hard drive with ZAR

July 20, 2009 10:56am PDT

Hard drive failures are always a nuisance -- if not a disaster -- especially when the backups have gone missing or were never made. Whether it's your own oversight or that of a panicked user, at...

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