Jim Rossman explains what to do with old hard drives, from secure data erasure to physical destruction and recycling options.

Why doubling a hard drive's IOPS still can't beat cheap NVMe ...

If your internal drive is almost filled to the brim and you want to offload the heavier stuff onto a portable option that’s ...

QUESTION: What should I be doing to monitor my hard drive? ANSWER: Of all the components that make up your computer, the hard drive should be considered the most important to maintain and monitor ...

If there is one rule of personal computers, it's that today's impressive hardware is destined to become laughably outdated in short order. Before long, you're likely to need an upgrade to your RAM, ...

Computers were once the size of an entire room. That's right. A single, low-power computer that was significantly weaker than the phone you carry in your pocket today was also ridiculously larger. But ...

This week I got an email from a reader who asks, "I have a stand-alone hard drive that cannot be accessed anymore. I've tried different laptops and different cables, but to no avail. The light is ...

Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? We've tested the top options to help you choose ...

So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...