Windows has a (deserved) reputation for slowing down your computer over time. Admittedly, Windows 10 is much better than its predecessors, but the problem still occurs. Thankfully, you can speed up a hard disk using HDD optimization apps; a few different tools are available. In this article, we’re going to look at which utilities can […]
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When you buy a new computer, you have to move your old files to your new system. Copying folder after folder, file after file is tedious. Thankfully, you can use Clonezilla to clone your entire drive to a new drive. Drive cloning with Clonezilla is fast, simple, and best of all, completely free. Here’s how […]
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Sometimes when you connect an external hard drive to your Mac, you’ll find that it’s set to read-only. This happens because the drive is formatted with Microsoft’s NTFS filesystem, which macOS doesn’t support by default. Fortunately, it’s easy to fix. There are a number of ways to unlock an external hard drive on a Mac, […]
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Most people are pretty good at keeping backups of their valuable data on external hard drives. But what happens if the drive becomes corrupted? It’s a lesson in why you should always make an offsite backup with a cloud provider as well as a local copy—but it’s too late for that now. Thankfully, if you […]
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Don’t throw out that old hard drive from your computer! Yes, that’s even if you’ve got a fancy new solid state drive (SSD) or if your hard disk drive (HDD) finally gave up. Whether it’s functional or not, your old drive still has some cool uses. What you do with it depends on whether the […]
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All hard drives die. It’s a fact of life, and it’s normal to purchase a new one every few years, either to replace an old hard drive or to use as an additional backup drive. But with so many choices out there, which hard drive should you buy? The good news is, hard drive shopping […]
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