The primary computer storage medium until the turn of the century when solid state drives began replacing them. Hard disks emerged in corporate datacenters in the late 1960s and began to flourish in ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

When you boot your HP computer and it fails to boot and throws the SMART Hard Disk Error 301, 302, 309, 30A, 30B, 30C, 3F1, or 3F2, then the fixes we have presented ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While solid-state drives (SSDs) have become increasingly popular (particularly for ...

Before discussing the down side of hard disk passwords, I’d like to point out one more advantage. Some laptops, such as ThinkPads, add a two-for-one bonus. That is, you can enter a single password at ...

What is SeaTools for Windows? SeaTools for Windows is a diagnostic tool developed by Seagate to test the health of your hard drive and determine if it is the source of system issues. It helps identify ...

DriveImage XML is my program of choice for backing up and protecting my data. When I first began using this application, though, I had some difficulties restoring my backup image on my test boxes ...

Defragmenting your hard drive can be good or bad for the device depending on what kind of hard drive you're using. Generally, you want to regularly defragment a mechanical Hard Disk Drive and avoid ...

Almost all computers today store their digital data as magnetic areas on a device called a hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk. Basically, all hard drives work the same way: Information is encoded and ...