Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.

You can use external hard drives to back up critical business data or add additional storage to a workstation. However, because external storage devices can cost hundreds of dollars, you can reduce ...

i'm trying to get windows working on my pc, the hard drive with windows came from a different computer, this computer used to run windows xp on its original hard drive and the one i'm trying to ...

It's easy to install a new hard drive in your desktop computer, but laptops can be a whole other ball of wax, because the drive is usually wedged deep into the notebook's innards and it takes a lot ...

This week we'll tackle a job that almost every computer user will face sometime: replacing your primary hard drive. This is the drive your computer boots from and the one that houses the operating ...

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 ...

The PS5's storage space can be expanded with an external USB device--as long as you have the right hard drive. Sony recently disclosed the requirements for upgrading the PlayStation 5’s internal ...

Last year, iFixit released a kit to install a second hard drive inside the 2011 Mac Mini. The install was fairly straightforward, but some Macs are a lot trickier to upgrade. The company has now ...