Laptop hard drives are prone to the same defragmenting risks as desktop computers, except a few factors change in the severity of the risks. If you're using the ...

Seagate Technology agreed to buy Maxtor Corp. for $1.9 billion in stock, removing its biggest competitor and bolstering its position as the No. 1 maker of computer disk drives. The offer, announced by ...

I am aware of adapters that allow for connecting a laptop hard disk to a normal, 40-pin desktop motherboard. I wish to do the opposite: connect a 40-pin, 3.5" drive to a 44-pin connector inside a ...

New physics research out of the University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) offers new insight into a poorly understood aspect of disc drive failures, according to industry experts, though ...

What’s the most effective way to replace a hard drive without losing data? Undoubtedly through a 1-to-1 copy, and disk cloning software can help do that without any hassle. Whether it’s to clone a ...

I recently recommended that a customer use an external hard drive as a backup device when they remarked, “You know, I don’t think I really know what a hard drive is. What is a computer ‘drive,’ anyway ...