USB 2.0 portable hard drives are common and ideal for compatibility, but are slow performers. Upgrading your portable hard drive to a USB 3.0 enclosure will increase its performance significantly.

Actually, the enclosure is free (today only, though), but shipping will cost you six bucks. It's a perfect way to turn an upgraded laptop hard drive into a portable USB drive. Rick Broida is the ...

Portable hard drives are smaller and easier to tote around than typical external desktop drives. Some feature case designs that reduce impact shock. There’s always the chance that you’ll lose your ...

PCWorld explores three main portable storage options – external SSDs, HDDs, and USB flash drives – to help users choose based on their specific needs and usage scenarios. External NVMe SSDs offer the ...

External hard drives are handy for transferring data between computers or as additional backup space. But if you try to use an external hard drive that's been formatted for Mac OS, you'll find that it ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Just as you need a cabinet to store your physical files, a storage device is essential for keeping your digital ones, such as photos, videos, ...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — I’ve owned six portable USB hard drives over the past 10 years, and all six of them have failed unrecoverably. Is it just me, or is there a wider problem out there? These ...

At a time when most portable 2.5-in. USB drives are maxing out in the 160GB to 200GB range, Fujitsu decided to set its own amazing 300GB platter to the task. Today it unveiled a 300GB bus-powered ...

The data storage company designed the device for Windows Vista, XP or 2000 and Mac OS 9.x or higher systems. The suggested retail price is $119.99 for the 320-GB drive and $149.99 for the 500-GB drive ...

There’s no better 2.5-inch hard drive for withstanding the rigors of sharing in the workplace or duty the field. It offers good performance, too. The Sony PSZ-HC1T quickly became one of my favorite ...