You might think that hard drives have a shelf life—and that’s partially the case. However, an old hard drive probably has a ...

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Got an old computer collecting dust in a closet or tucked under a desk? You're not alone. Many people hold on to aging desktops and laptops, either as backup machines or because they still run "just ...

It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...

While SSDs are the preferred storage medium today, hard drives are far from obsolete. They're still the best way to store data that doesn't benefit from SSD speed, and of course people use them for ...

You can just toss that old hard drive in a drawer, which is the cheapest way to be sure nobody will access it, but if you’d just like to be rid of it, I’d recommend destroying it. Jim Rossman / TNS I ...

Most people think of USB drives as nothing more than portable storage devices. For years, they were the go-to tool for moving documents, photos, and music from one computer to another. But with cloud ...