3 reasons you should still buy a hard drive
Hard disk drives may seem outdated and useless, now that solid state drives keep plummeting in price. But even with how relatively cheap SSDs are currently, buying a hard disk drive instead […]
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Finally, common Windows 11 settings won’t be hard to get to
Windows 11 is about to get a homepage for its Settings app, making it easier to jump into common settings—instead of leaving them buried deep and requiring a series of clicks before […]
WD’s mobile hard drives now come in 6 TB flavors
Hard drives. They still exist, believe it or not, and they’re still the best bang-for-your-buck when it comes to absolutely massive amounts of storage. Take three new offerings from Western Digital for […]
MSI goes hard on AI with a thicc desktop PC that chats with you
MSI is hoping that you aren’t yet tired of hearing about “AI” in consumer PCs, as the company’s lineup of high-end laptops and monitors at the German trade show IFA is jam-packed […]
Should you encrypt your PC’s hard drive? The pros and cons explained
Encrypting your system’s hard drive is a great way to protect your laptop if it ever gets stolen. During the encryption process, readable data (aka plain text) is converted into unreadable character […]
When to defrag a hard drive, TRIM an SSD and other storage tasks
We still get quite a few questions about when and how to optimize storage devices. Easy answer: The care and feeding of storage devices is either taken care of automatically by Windows, […]
How to partition a hard drive
When we talk about “drives” labeled C:, D:, and so forth, we’re actually talking about partitions, sections of the physical drive. Every hard drive in use has at least one partition. You […]
How to securely erase your hard drive or SSD
The siren has sung and you’ve finally succumbed to her call: You’re the proud owner of a shiny new PC, a faster SSD, or a bigger hard drive. It’s time to sell […]
This obscure Windows tool securely and utterly deletes hard drive data
The Windows tool Diskpart overwrites all data on the hard drive with a zero, which is considered a secure deletion method. This applies at least to classic hard drives, i.e. HDDs with […]
Save individual emails locally to your hard drive in the new Outlook
Microsoft recently hinted at an official end date for the classic Outlook app. You still have some time with it, but eventually you’ll need to switch over to the new Outlook app […]
