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 ...

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 ...

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

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With limited hard drive space, tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson offers these tips for storing large video files and photos.

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 ...

Tiny, sleek, and styled as a companion to the Sony PlayStation 5, the Seagate Game Drive External SSD (starts at $129.99 for 1TB; $219.99 for 2TB as tested) provides a storage boo ...

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 ...