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Jim Rossman: How to make the best of a smaller hard drive
Lately I’ve been helping my wife deal with a laptop hard drive that’s too small. Whenever we go out, I’m the one who takes ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. “Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios that seem simple. Suppose, for instance, you need to do an important computation. You ...
It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...
As portable media proliferates into more and more consumer products, data security is becoming increasingly important. An array of new portable consumer products using hard-disk-drive (HDD) mass ...
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Don't throw away your old hard drives—do this instead
You might think that hard drives have a shelf life—and that’s partially the case. However, an old hard drive probably has a lot more life left in it than you think. I have hard drives that are over 10 ...
When you are in the market for external storage solutions, two of the most common options you'll find are USB flash drives and external hard drives. Despite the difference in their names, both use the ...
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