Q. I have a computer with a 10 gig IDE hard drive in it. I just picked up an 80 gig IDE hard drive. I want to install it as a second drive. I’ve heard that I could run into some trouble, possibly with ...

Many computers these days come with two hard drives, one SSD for fast boot speeds, and one that can be used for storage. My Dell G5 gaming laptop is a great example with a 128GB NAND SSD and a 1TB SSD ...

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with 865PE chip set and 40GB hard drive. I just bought a 120GB Maxtor hard drive. The directions seem pretty streight forward, but I can't help but feel a bit apprehensive ...

Hello everyone,<BR><BR>So my external hard drive (Seagate FreeAgent) just died on me after a year and a half. While I am in the process of heading to a data recovery business to see if they can save ...

Following the launch of the new Mac mini earlier this year, the guys over at iFixit performed their customary teardown and revealed that the eradication on the system’s optical drive leaves room for a ...

Cloning a hard drive is a smart and efficient way to back up your important data and files, or to upgrade to a larger storage capacity. It's also gained popularity as gamers look to switch to ...

A dual-boot setup enables us to run various operating systems without the need for additional hardware, on a single set of hardware, thus reducing total cost. We have already discussed how to dual ...

Use the following fixes if the second hard drive is not detected after reboot or Windows Upgrade. Before you proceed, we recommend you check for Windows Update. If an update is available, download and ...

Sometime around 2008 and with the advent of the first MacBook Air, Apple made the declarative statement that the end was in sight for optical drives built into its notebooks. At the time, the lack of ...

If you have several Macs at home, consider putting an old PowerPC system to work as a backup server. Rather than stocking up on DVDs or installing second hard drives, you can use one machine to back ...