USB 2.0 portable hard drives are common and ideal for compatibility, but are slow performers. Upgrading your portable hard drive to a USB 3.0 enclosure will increase its performance significantly.

While there are a lot of cloud storage services out there like One Drive and Google Drive, it’s always good to have an extra copy of your stuff in a local hard drive, just in case. Luckily, external ...

So far most of the USB 3.0 products we've looked at have been designed for inside the home. Their plastic piano black cases, bulky power supplies and odd shapes have made them virtually useless for ...

New SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drives include models from (clockwise from left) Buffalo, Iomega, Seagate, and Western Digital. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: ROBERT CARDIN When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for ...

Earlier this year, I wrote several guides to boost the speeds of older Macs by swapping their internal hard drives for super-fast solid state drives (SSDs). As readers have confirmed, their older ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Plenty of drives can put 750GB in your shirt pocket, but the Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive also puts 256-bit encryption at your fingertips. Now Lenovo has brought that good idea into the ...

制作U盘启动盘时，常需选择启动模式，如HDD、ZIP、HDD+、ZIP+等。这些模式在识别方式和兼容性上有所不同，适用于不同主板和设备，具体区别如下所述。 1、 USB-HDD模式是将U盘模拟成硬盘启动，进入DOS后显示为C盘，常用于HP格式化工具制作的启动盘。该模式兼容 ...

Ok, so I've got the Linksys WRT610N Hardware Ver 2.0 [Firmware Ver: 2.00.00 B05] and I've connected my external hard drive - 2TB Western Digital Elements - to the USB port. I got the USB hard drive to ...