It never ceases to amaze me how quickly hard disk space is consumed. Roughly about a year ago, I replaced my primary desktop PC with a newer one. Since I don't actually save any data on my PC, I opted ...

Upgrading a drive on your PC is generally not that difficult, but it can be tricky to move over the data, and more importantly, the operating system, to the new drive. It's recommended that you ...

The error message Please back up your data and replace your hard disk drive indicates a failing hard drive. Therefore, you need to replace it. However, in some cases ...

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 ...

Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

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 ...

Flash memory chips now store so much data that they can replace low capacity disc drives, says Samsung Electronics of Korea. So this August, Samsung is launching two flash-based solid-state “discs” ...

If you run a hard drive diagnostics test on your Dell Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer and receive the Error code 2000-0142, then this post is intended to help you ...

Hard disk drives (HDDs) have played a crucial role in shaping the landscape of data storage within the computing industry. From their humble beginnings in the mid-20th century to their peak and ...

With the slimmer PlayStation 4 now available in stores, Sony has updated their support article on how to upgrade the PS4’s Hard Disk Drive (HDD), as the design of the new system differs from the ...

The next step is to delete the OEM partition between the C: volume and your unallocated space. You'll need to use an old command-line tool for that. In Part 1, I showed you how to replace a hard drive ...