There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

Hard disk drives may seem outdated and useless, now that solid state drives keep plummeting in price.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 of an SSD ...

Digital data is continuously growing every day. There arises the question of efficient storage solutions to store that data. There are two different kinds of storage solutions that we can use – ...

SanDisk’s ELE portable SSD offers durability and affordability, though its outdated 400MB/s read speed risks irrelevance.

Q: Recent columns have raised a concern for me relative to using solid-state hard drives (SSD). I have a SanDisk 1 terabyte external SSD. I use Quicken to manage my bank account, and have it set for ...

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 ...

I always use a second SSD for my game installs (although technically I have three other SSDs with games on, because I hate re-downloading them), and I think everyone should. It's not about performance ...

I'm finally going with an SSD in my new Win 7 64-bit box. I'm thinking 180 GB is the minimum I should consider for an SSD boot drive. On an aging Vista box, the boot drive sizes to around 60GB and ...

A few deals on SSDs and external hard drives are still ripe for the picking. Get all your backup needs squared away while you can. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at ...

Grab some solid savings on top-rated SSDs and external hard drives before the holiday shopping season officially kicks off. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various ...

Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? Here's how to choose the best Apple-friendly ...

A rash of SSD failures have prompted some users to blame a recent Windows Update. Microsoft insist the problem is not its ...