Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.

I have an old laptop with a dead hard drive that I'd like to install xubuntu on. My problem is that it won't boot from USB and there's no optical drive. <BR><BR>What I would like to do is get the ...

You can use external hard drives to back up critical business data or add additional storage to a workstation. However, because external storage devices can cost hundreds of dollars, you can reduce ...

Dan Graziano is an associate editor for CNET. His work has appeared on BGR, Fox News, Fox Business, and Yahoo News, among other publications. When he isn't tinkering with the latest gadgets and gizmos ...

This week we'll tackle a job that almost every computer user will face sometime: replacing your primary hard drive. This is the drive your computer boots from and the one that houses the operating ...

So, I have two SSDs, the C drive being the main Windows install drive, and the D drive being the games directory (and temporary downloads) drive. I want to do a fresh re-install of Windows on my C ...

If you’re installing a new hard drive, or need to wipe your drive clean for that “fresh” feeling, you’ll end up formatting your drive. Formatting will check the drive for errors, and prepare it for ...

The PS5's storage space can be expanded with an external USB device--as long as you have the right hard drive. Sony recently disclosed the requirements for upgrading the PlayStation 5’s internal ...

It can be frustrating when your hard disk or partition is not detected when installing Windows 11/10 and you get to see an error message that says— We couldn’t ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...