Ditch Hard Drive Clutter With An Organised, Automated Home Folder 
Five Best Disk Defragmentation Tools 
How To Migrate To A Solid-State Drive Without Reinstalling Windows 
Five Best Hard Drive Space Analysers 
How To Evacuate Dust Bunnies In Your Computer 
A Comprehensive Guide To Sharing Your Data Across Multi-Booting Windows, Mac And Linux PCs 
Your home folder is the base of operations on your computer, where you throw every document, app installer, photo and other file you’ll need later. So why does it look like it’s been ravaged by a virtual tornado? Here’s how to organise all of your documents so you never have to rummage through a mess of files again.
An external hard drive can be the bane of a clear workspace because it needs to be plugged in, but still portable when needed. Over at Apartment Therapy, writer Kevin Whipps outlines the ways he tucks his hard drive away. This includes mounting it to the bottom of the desk with Velcro.
Windows: We’ve mentioned before that Chrome stores old versions on your hard drive, which can eventually take up lots of space. OldChromeRemover is a simple app that will free that space back up for you.
Lists abound at the end of the year, but one of my favourites is the roundup of data disasters seen in the laboratories of recovery firm Kroll Ontrack. The best story? It involves a security guard, a cigarette and 44 ruined PCs.
Bushfire season has well and truly kicked off in Australia. The big technology lesson to remember? Make sure you’ve got a good backup strategy in place that includes both physical and offline options — while drive recovery techniques are impressive these days, bushfires represent one of the most challenging scenarios, since they can literally melt your hard drive.
Prices for hard disk drives are increasing dramatically because of the tragic flooding in Thailand. Some of the world’s major HDD manufacturers based there have been forced to close factories, creating supply problems and price hikes. So what should you do?
Defragmenting your hard drive regularly is an important part of regular hard drive maintenance, and the best tools can defrag your drive regularly or on demand when your games start to slow down or you have trouble loading up large files. The trouble is that there are so many defragging tools that it can be difficult to choose. This week we’re going to look at five of the best, based on your nominations.
