A hard drive stores your data, such as files, apps, the operating system, and more of your device. What makes this product ...

The past 12 months saw flash storage nudge into areas from which it had hitherto been absent. In particular, this was because of the availability of denser – and therefore cheaper per-gigabyte (GB) – ...

Over the last few years, much of the enterprise storage market has focused on flash technology, but the hard disk drive (HDD) format has plenty of life in it yet. It is true that flash storage offers ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

I recently recommended that a customer use an external hard drive as a backup device when they remarked, “You know, I don’t think I really know what a hard drive is. What is a computer ‘drive,’ anyway ...

Hard drives are racing into the world of consumer electronics, according to a report released Tuesday by research firm In-Stat/MDR. The same day the hard drive-based Apple iPod got a face-lift, ...

Hard disk drives sure have come a long way, baby. In the 1950s, storage hardware was measured in feet—and in tons. Back then, the era’s state-of-the-art computer drive was found in IBM’s RAMAC 305; it ...

Planning to auction off that old computer on eBay? You might want to take a closer look at what’s on your disk drive first. According to a new study by two MIT graduate students, companies and ...

This weekend saw the tenth Vintage Computer Festival held at the Computer History Museum. It’s a nerd fest of the highest order, with a roomful of old machines, some surprisingly old like an ...