Seriously now, people, am I missing something about 20GB external hard drives, because some people keep asking about them. I do have an opinion about them, I have one about everything, but that’s not the point here. Is there a positive side to them I can’t see, or is there something they’re worth their money for, because I’m not sure I’m following the trends on outdated hard drives. That’s what…

You want to save some money on your external storage device, don’t you? Well, you can either do that, cut some of the up-front cost, or plan your purchase before you reach for your wallet to make sure the external hard drive doesn’t cost you more money on the long run. It’s the bad versus good quality stuff again, with some technical this and that you should pay attention to,…

The one you pay the least amount of money for, of course! Joke aside, the cheapest 1TB external hard drive has some key features I’d like to share with you. Whether you’re shopping around, or simply curious about what’s going on behind the scenes, read on. Connector The type of connector, or port they use to make an external hard drive makes a difference. USB is the most common port…

You’re looking for a quite big external storage unit. 1TB huh, that’s a lot of disk space around here. I use a 250GB internal HDD in my laptop, and have 190GB free space with all my stuff already installed so I’m not the typical customer who runs out of space all the time. You are, by the looks of it, and that’s fine. There are jobs where you deal with…

External hard drives, where the fun starts when you’re low on disk space and don’t want to get a screwdriver to disassemble your computer. They’re an easy, simple, yet convenient way to add more gigabytes to the hard drive space you currently have in your computer. They’re so simple to use, in fact, that I’d let my mom do it without help. She’s sort of a power user though, she’s…

Hard drives, as a general storage device category are rather easy to comprehend or describe, but those that you can use with your PC are much more elusive. Basically, anything that has the right type of connector and the right form factor is going into your PC. External ones, on the other hand, are almost guaranteed to get the job done. A PC external hard drive is a storage device…

Indeed it’s not a simple thing to define, as there are two things that can come out of mini USB hard drive, as an expression. You either think of the mini USB these small, portable hard drives use as their connection port, or the fact that there are small USB hard drives on the market. The latter is more interesting to me, hence the topic of this article being mini…

External hard drives range in size, capacity, weight and the function they’re intended for. There are models that go well with laptops, and then there are those that aren’t so great for portable use. A USB powered hard drive is exactly what you want to use with your portable computer, because it’s convenient to travel with. An external HDD draws its power either from a wall plug adapter, or the…