This is the most straightforward way to back up your computer. You buy an external hard drive, plug it into your computer, ...

A pair of external hard drives on a wooden surface - Wing-wing/Getty Images Many of us rely on external hard drives for our storage needs, often as a cheaper data storage medium. We use them with our ...

If your computer stopped working today, what would you lose? Photos. Videos. Important documents. Maybe years of memories.

If your computer stopped working today, what would you lose? Photos. Videos.

A bare drive dock like this one from Cirago is used to quickly move files to and from your computer via USB. Jim Rossman / TNS This week I got an email from a reader who asks, “I have a stand-alone ...

Many of us rely on external hard drives for our storage needs, often as a cheaper data storage medium. We use them with our laptops and desktops to back up data or transfer files between devices.