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How To Set Up An External Hard Drive On Your PS4

Life

5 years ago

How To Set Up An External Hard Drive On Your PS4

Thorin Klosowski

1

The Hard Drives Most (and Least) Likely To Fail, According To Backblaze

Life

5 years ago

The Hard Drives Most (and Least) Likely To Fail, According To Backblaze

Thorin Klosowski

The PiDrive Foundation Edition Simplifies Installing Multiple Platforms On Your Pi

Life

6 years ago

The PiDrive Foundation Edition Simplifies Installing Multiple Platforms On Your Pi

Thorin Klosowski

Western Digital’s New Line Packs A Ton Of Storage Into Pocket-Sized Drives

Life

6 years ago

Western Digital’s New Line Packs A Ton Of Storage Into Pocket-Sized Drives

Which SMART Hard Drive Numbers Translate Into Real Failures?

Life

6 years ago

Which SMART Hard Drive Numbers Translate Into Real Failures?

You Probably Don’t Need To Optimise Your SSD Anymore

Life

6 years ago

You Probably Don’t Need To Optimise Your SSD Anymore

Eric Ravenscraft

4

Top 10 PC And Workspace Upgrades You Can Do In An Afternoon

Life

6 years ago

Top 10 PC And Workspace Upgrades You Can Do In An Afternoon

1

Home

6 years ago

Make A Magnetic Parts Tray Out Of The Remains Of Your Old Hard Drive

Eric Ravenscraft

1

Make Every Friday The 13th Verify Your Backups Day

Life

6 years ago

Make Every Friday The 13th Verify Your Backups Day

1

Seagate Begins Volume Shipments Of Helium-Filled 10TB Hard Drives

Life

6 years ago

Seagate Begins Volume Shipments Of Helium-Filled 10TB Hard Drives

9

Ask LH: What’s The Best Way To Destroy A Hard Drive?

Life

6 years ago

Ask LH: What’s The Best Way To Destroy A Hard Drive?

23

Why Google Wants Hard Drives To Be Less Reliable

Life

6 years ago

Why Google Wants Hard Drives To Be Less Reliable

18

Home

6 years ago

This DIY Card Reader And Hard Drives Enclosure Looks Great, Reduces Cord Clutter

Ask LH: Which 4TB Hard Drive Should I Buy?

Life

7 years ago

Ask LH: Which 4TB Hard Drive Should I Buy?

Campbell Simpson

4

Dealhacker: WD 4TB External Hard Drive For $159

Life

7 years ago

Dealhacker: WD 4TB External Hard Drive For $159

1

Ask LH: How Do I Make Wired Backups With My AirPort Time Capsule?

Life

7 years ago

Ask LH: How Do I Make Wired Backups With My AirPort Time Capsule?

$69 Will Get You A Portable 1TB USB 3.0 HDD From Officeworks

Life

7 years ago

$69 Will Get You A Portable 1TB USB 3.0 HDD From Officeworks

4

Ask LH: How Long Will My Hard Drives Really Last?

Life

7 years ago

Ask LH: How Long Will My Hard Drives Really Last?

4

Ask LH: Should I Defragment A Hybrid Drive?

Life

7 years ago

Ask LH: Should I Defragment A Hybrid Drive?

4

Use A USB SSD For Your Windows Boot Camp And Save Space On Your Mac

Life

7 years ago

Use A USB SSD For Your Windows Boot Camp And Save Space On Your Mac

Officeworks Has Sub-$100 2TB And 3TB External Drives On Sale

Life

7 years ago

Officeworks Has Sub-$100 2TB And 3TB External Drives On Sale

4

Ask LH: Should I Use A DIY PC For My NAS Or Buy An Enclosure?

Life

7 years ago

Ask LH: Should I Use A DIY PC For My NAS Or Buy An Enclosure?

6

Why You Should Buy 4TB Hard Drives And Skip The 3TB Ones

Life

7 years ago

Why You Should Buy 4TB Hard Drives And Skip The 3TB Ones

9

Get A 5TB Seagate USB 3.0 Hard Drive For $190

Life

7 years ago

Get A 5TB Seagate USB 3.0 Hard Drive For $190

5

Windows Does Defragment SSDs, But It’s OK

Life

7 years ago

Windows Does Defragment SSDs, But It’s OK

Your Hard Drive’s Time Of Death Is Based On These Numbers

Life

8 years ago

Your Hard Drive’s Time Of Death Is Based On These Numbers

2

Life

8 years ago

Ask LH: What Brand Of Hard Drive Should I Buy?

8

Consumer Drives Might Be More Reliable Than Enterprise Hard Drives

Life

8 years ago

Consumer Drives Might Be More Reliable Than Enterprise Hard Drives

Disk App Simplifies Cleaning Up Your Mac’s Hard Drive

Life

8 years ago

Disk App Simplifies Cleaning Up Your Mac’s Hard Drive

Thorin Klosowski

Western Digital Launches ‘6.xTB’ Ae Hard Drives For Cold Storage

Life

8 years ago

Western Digital Launches ‘6.xTB’ Ae Hard Drives For Cold Storage

1

Ask LH: What Can I Do With My Spare Hard Drives?

Life

8 years ago

Ask LH: What Can I Do With My Spare Hard Drives?

7

Ask LH: How Large Should My Portable Hard Drive Be?

Life

8 years ago

Ask LH: How Large Should My Portable Hard Drive Be?

9

Looking For A 2TB Hard Drive? Here’s One For $79

Life

8 years ago

Looking For A 2TB Hard Drive? Here’s One For $79

6

2TB Seagate Portable USB-Powered HDD, Just $US106 Delivered

Life

8 years ago

2TB Seagate Portable USB-Powered HDD, Just $US106 Delivered

12

Briefly: Crazy Cosplay, Cheap 1TB HDD, George R R Martin Slams Fans

Life

8 years ago

Briefly: Crazy Cosplay, Cheap 1TB HDD, George R R Martin Slams Fans

Pair SSDs In A RAID 0 For A Huge Speed Boost

Life

8 years ago

Pair SSDs In A RAID 0 For A Huge Speed Boost

12

8 years ago

How To Short-Stroke Your Hard Drive For Optimal Speed

Patrick Allan

Test A New External Hard Drive By Doing A Secure Erase

Life

8 years ago

Test A New External Hard Drive By Doing A Secure Erase

2

Your Hard Drive Is Still The Main Cause Of Data Loss

Life

8 years ago

Your Hard Drive Is Still The Main Cause Of Data Loss

1

How To Run A Portable Version Of Windows From A USB Drive

Life

8 years ago

How To Run A Portable Version Of Windows From A USB Drive

1

There’s No Excuse For Not Backing Up Your Computer: Do It Now

Life

8 years ago

There’s No Excuse For Not Backing Up Your Computer: Do It Now

10

How To Erase And Format A Hard Drive

Life

8 years ago

How To Erase And Format A Hard Drive

2

Solid-State Drives: Everything You Need To Know

Life

8 years ago

Solid-State Drives: Everything You Need To Know

18

The Most (And Least) Reliable Hard Drive Brands

Life

8 years ago

The Most (And Least) Reliable Hard Drive Brands

32

Mountain Manages External Volumes From Your Menubar

Life

8 years ago

Mountain Manages External Volumes From Your Menubar

Thorin Klosowski

Five Best External Hard Drives

Life

8 years ago

Five Best External Hard Drives

17

Why Enterprise Hard Drives Might Not Be Worth The Cost

Life

8 years ago

Why Enterprise Hard Drives Might Not Be Worth The Cost

Melanie Pinola

3

How Long Your Hard Drive Is Likely To Last

Life

9 years ago

How Long Your Hard Drive Is Likely To Last

Melanie Pinola

11

Clean Up, Fix And Upgrade Your Hard Drives This Weekend

Life

9 years ago

Clean Up, Fix And Upgrade Your Hard Drives This Weekend

Ask LH: Should I Compress My Photos To Save Space?

Life

9 years ago

Ask LH: Should I Compress My Photos To Save Space?

13

Recover Wasted Disk Space With The New Windows Update Cleanup

Life

9 years ago

Recover Wasted Disk Space With The New Windows Update Cleanup

7

Macrorit Scans All Or Part Of Your Hard Drive For Errors

Life

9 years ago

Macrorit Scans All Or Part Of Your Hard Drive For Errors

Eric Ravenscraft

How Do You Properly Destroy A Hard Drive?

Life

9 years ago

How Do You Properly Destroy A Hard Drive?

10

9 years ago

Spyglass Is A Beautiful Disk Scanner With Duplicate Detection

Shep McAllister

Reminder: Make Sure Your Servers And Drives Are Actually Wiped

Small Business & Startups

9 years ago

Reminder: Make Sure Your Servers And Drives Are Actually Wiped

1

Triple Your Laptop’s Speed Without Sacrificing Space By Adding An MSATA SSD

Home

9 years ago

Triple Your Laptop’s Speed Without Sacrificing Space By Adding An MSATA SSD

Melanie Pinola

3

Ask LH: Can I Get My Hard Drive Replaced Under Warranty?

Money

9 years ago

Ask LH: Can I Get My Hard Drive Replaced Under Warranty?

15

How To Combine Multiple Hard Drives Into One Volume

9 years ago

How To Combine Multiple Hard Drives Into One Volume

17

DIY Data Recovery Tricks For When Your Hard Drive Goes Belly Up

Small Business & Startups

9 years ago

DIY Data Recovery Tricks For When Your Hard Drive Goes Belly Up

Nick Parsons

7

Get 50% Off DaisyDisk Disk Space Analyser For Mac

Organise

9 years ago

Get 50% Off DaisyDisk Disk Space Analyser For Mac

1

How To Avoid Hot Weather Hard Drive Failures

Small Business & Startups

9 years ago

How To Avoid Hot Weather Hard Drive Failures

7

Ask LH: Do I Need To Defrag My Computer?

9 years ago

Ask LH: Do I Need To Defrag My Computer?

Move Your iTunes Library To Another Hard Drive In Three Simple Steps

9 years ago

Move Your iTunes Library To Another Hard Drive In Three Simple Steps

7

Add A RAM Disk To Your Computer For Faster-Than-SSD Performance

9 years ago

Add A RAM Disk To Your Computer For Faster-Than-SSD Performance

7

DIY NAS In A Box Is Portable, Affordable And Keeps Your Data Safe

9 years ago

DIY NAS In A Box Is Portable, Affordable And Keeps Your Data Safe

2

How Encryption And SSDs Can Make Data Recovery Harder

9 years ago

How Encryption And SSDs Can Make Data Recovery Harder

6

Reminder: Acid Is Bad For Hard Drives

Small Business & Startups

9 years ago

Reminder: Acid Is Bad For Hard Drives

10

Roll Your Own Fusion Drive On Older Macs

10 years ago

Roll Your Own Fusion Drive On Older Macs

Melanie Pinola

2

Five Best Drive Enclosures

10 years ago

Five Best Drive Enclosures

2

Ask LH: How Can I Recover Data From A Dead Or Erased Hard Drive?

10 years ago

Ask LH: How Can I Recover Data From A Dead Or Erased Hard Drive?

11

Ask LH: Why Doesn’t My New Hard Drive Show The Right Amount Of Space?

10 years ago

Ask LH: Why Doesn’t My New Hard Drive Show The Right Amount Of Space?

17

Retro Floppy Drive As HDD Enclosure

Home

10 years ago

Retro Floppy Drive As HDD Enclosure

David Galloway

2

Officeworks Selling USB 3.0 2TB External Hard Drives, $109 A Pop

Deals

10 years ago

Officeworks Selling USB 3.0 2TB External Hard Drives, $109 A Pop

8

The Complete Guide To Solid-State Drives

Money

10 years ago

The Complete Guide To Solid-State Drives

33

Use The exFAT File System And Never Format Your External Drive Again

10 years ago

Use The exFAT File System And Never Format Your External Drive Again

40

You’re Probably Paying Too Much For Storage Space You Don’t Need

Money

10 years ago

You’re Probably Paying Too Much For Storage Space You Don’t Need

Thorin Klosowski

6

Safecopy Recovers Data When Other Tools Give Up Trying

10 years ago

Safecopy Recovers Data When Other Tools Give Up Trying

Mercury Aura Replaces Your MacBook’s SSD, Makes The Old One An External Drive

10 years ago

Mercury Aura Replaces Your MacBook’s SSD, Makes The Old One An External Drive

1

Inside Kroll Ontrack’s Data Recovery Cleanroom

Design

10 years ago

Inside Kroll Ontrack’s Data Recovery Cleanroom

5

App Directory: The Best Disk Space Analyser For Windows

10 years ago

App Directory: The Best Disk Space Analyser For Windows

7

App Directory: The Best Disk Space Analyser For Mac

10 years ago

App Directory: The Best Disk Space Analyser For Mac

3

Free Up Hard Drive Space With A Search Filter

Organise

10 years ago

Free Up Hard Drive Space With A Search Filter

How Windows 8 Makes Disk Repairs Less Annoying

10 years ago

How Windows 8 Makes Disk Repairs Less Annoying

1

Ask LH: Which Type Of Drive Is Best For My Needs?

10 years ago

Ask LH: Which Type Of Drive Is Best For My Needs?

5

Ask LH: Can I Survive On A Really Small SSD?

10 years ago

Ask LH: Can I Survive On A Really Small SSD?

16

Ask LH: What’s The Best Way To Back Up My Data For The Long Haul?

Organise

10 years ago

Ask LH: What’s The Best Way To Back Up My Data For The Long Haul?

6

When Less Data Storage Is A Good Thing

10 years ago

When Less Data Storage Is A Good Thing

Thorin Klosowski

6

Five Useful Upgrades For Your Computer’s Unused Bays

10 years ago

Five Useful Upgrades For Your Computer’s Unused Bays

18

Convert An Old Hard Drive Into A Smartphone Stand, Pen Holder And More

Home

10 years ago

Convert An Old Hard Drive Into A Smartphone Stand, Pen Holder And More

Thorin Klosowski

2

iFixit Kit Helps You Install A Second Hard Drive In Your iMac

Home

10 years ago

iFixit Kit Helps You Install A Second Hard Drive In Your iMac

1

Hard Drives Might Cost 10% More By 2013

Money

10 years ago

Hard Drives Might Cost 10% More By 2013

6

Ditch Hard Drive Clutter With An Organised, Automated Home Folder

Organise

10 years ago

Ditch Hard Drive Clutter With An Organised, Automated Home Folder

2

Hide A HDD Under Your Desk With Velcro

Organise

10 years ago

Hide A HDD Under Your Desk With Velcro

Thorin Klosowski

4

OldChromeRemover Frees Up Disk Space Used By Old Versions Of Chrome

10 years ago

OldChromeRemover Frees Up Disk Space Used By Old Versions Of Chrome

Smoking In A Warehouse Was A Data Disaster

Small Business & Startups

10 years ago

Smoking In A Warehouse Was A Data Disaster

7

Bushfires Pose A Major Threat To Hard Drives

Small Business & Startups

10 years ago

Bushfires Pose A Major Threat To Hard Drives

9

Do Rising Hard Drive Prices Mean You Should Buy A SSD Right Now?

Money

11 years ago

Do Rising Hard Drive Prices Mean You Should Buy A SSD Right Now?

Melanie Pinola

6

Five Best Disk Defragmentation Tools

11 years ago

Five Best Disk Defragmentation Tools

18

FreeSpace For Mac Puts All Of Your Drives In The Menubar

11 years ago

FreeSpace For Mac Puts All Of Your Drives In The Menubar

Alan Henry

How To Seamlessly Share All Your Files Between Windows 7 And Windows 8

11 years ago

How To Seamlessly Share All Your Files Between Windows 7 And Windows 8