Many of us rely on our laptops for work, school, or entertainment, but even the best laptops trade power and features for the ...

A hard drive or solid state drive (SSD) that resides outside the computer's case, typically connecting via USB or eSATA. A USB flash drive is also external storage. See portable drive and USB drive. A ...

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS.

USB4 external SSDs deliver 3,000–3,800 MB/s real-world speeds, doubling USB 3.2 performance for 4K editing, backups, and ...

If you edit movies, take lots of digital photos, play games or listen to music files on your PC, a big, fast internal drive might not suffice. For more storage or a means to back up your PC’s internal ...

Fast and massive, the Seagate Backup Plus Desktop is an excellent backup drive for any USB 3.0-enabled computer or server. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been ...