Looking to expand the storage of your computer? CNET's top picks of the best external hard drives and SSDs are worth your cash. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's ...

External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage ... as well as store any data that you don’t need on your computer’s fast internal storage. They’re also extremely handy for ...

Also: Best cloud storage services of 2025 The solution is an external hard drive to relieve the strain of your computer's limited storage space and secure your data against calamity. Prepare for ...

Maybe your gaming laptop doesn’t have enough storage ... The competition is very close in the top tier of 20Gbps external drives, with the big-name contenders trading wins up and down the ...

Keeping your drive inside your computer is the traditional way to go, and internal SSDs are faster and less expensive than ...

Encrypting an external drive using BitLocker . Encrypting a removable drive using BitLocker takes less than a minute. After ...

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Despite the popularity of slim, speedy external SSDs, external hard drives are still essential, cost-effective storage. For as little as $50, you can add a terabyte to your laptop or desktop by ...

There’s no USB connection, however, so this is solely an external SSD for the latest Xbox consoles rather than one for your PC. SSDs have two huge advantages over hard drives. The first is that ...

external hard drives are still essential, cost-effective storage. For as little as $50, you can add a terabyte to your laptop or desktop by plugging in a USB cable. PCMag has been testing and ...