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First External SATA Backup Drive With the CMS Velocity Series drives, you really have no excuse for not backing up. |
PC World
May 2004
Sean Captain |
The Outsiders: Disks That Do More An external hard drive gives you lots of storage space, as well as a safe place for backups. |
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August 1, 2007
Loyd Case |
Replacing a Laptop Hard Drive Ever wondered just how to replace the hard drive of a laptop? Loyd explains. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Warren Ernst |
Build an External Hard Drive Try a homegrown solution to your storage needs at a bargain price. |
PC World
December 2003
Jon L. Jacobi |
Prime Drive Time Sleek, capacious hard disks are making a new place for themselves in the home and on the road. We look at what's here and what's next. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2004
Christopher Allbritton |
How To Change A Hard Drive Adding hard-drive space for more storage. |
PC World
August 2005
Jim Aspinwall |
Reinvent Your PC Ever feel like your system's being left behind by today's technology? Here's how to make any machine run faster, store a lot more data, and serve as your entertainment hub. |
PC World
August 2006
Steve Bass |
New Uses for Old Hard Drives Avoid the frustration of burning DVDs, and save money on long-term storage... Adjust audio with your mouse... |
PC Magazine
August 21, 2006
Joel Santo Domingo |
Seagate ST9160821U2-RK External 160GB Hard Drive If you have a lot of media files on your multimedia notebook or desktop, this Seagate portable hard drive will save all of your data. It's the highest-capacity portable drive on the market at this time... Maxtor OneTouch II Mini... |
PC World
November 20, 2006
Narasu Rebbapragada |
The Wide World of External Drives Today's options provide impressive combinations of speed, interfaces, features, and software. 1500GB (1.5TB) Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition... Seagate's 750GB Pushbutton Backup Drive... etc. |
PC Magazine
May 16, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
Buying Guide: Save Memories on Portable Drives Here we roundup five solid options for external memory devices: Iomega UltraMax, LaCie SAFE, Western Digital MyBook Pro, Western Digital Passport and CMS Velocity2 RAID Backup System. |
PC World
June 2004
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Get the Hard Drive That's Right for You and Your PC There is a whole lot more than size to consider when shopping for today's hard drives. Here's advice on purchasing the right one for you. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive The Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is a boon to the traveler with heavy data-backup needs. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2004
M. David Stone |
CMS 80GB Velocity SATA Automatic Backup System Back in the twentieth century, the only alternative to SCSI for external hard drives was a parallel port, which was deadly slow. |
PC World
January 24, 2007
Kirk Steers |
Useful Upgrades That Will Outlast Your Aging PC Peripherals to buy to make your old computer act like a new one... Setting up simultaneous audio channels... a USB/FireWire hub that offers plenty of ports... |
PC Magazine
April 29, 2008
Joel Santo Domingo |
LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra The LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra provides lots of drive space, a measure of portability, and sizzling data-transfer speeds over eSATA and FireWire. |
PC World
May 23, 2007
Narasu Rebbapragada |
Fast, Cheap External Drives Use eSATA Interface Apricorn EZ Bus desktop SATA... LaCie d2 Quadra... Iomega 500 GB Black series eSATA... Seagate FreeAgent Pro... Western Digital MyBook Pro Edition... CMS 1.5TB Velocity2 Redundant Backup System... |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004 |
External Storage: Little Big Drives Backup has gotten personal: Small drives that match your lifestyle have changed the face of storage and backup. |
PC World
September 2003
Stan Miastkowski |
Step-By-Step: Boost Your Hard-Drive Speed With Serial ATA Serial ATA drives offer serveral advantages over parallel drives -- including speed. |
PC World
February 2005
Steve Bass |
For Safe Backups, Think Outside the Box External hard drives are now your best choice for fast, reliable data security. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
Western Digital MyBook Pro The Western Digital MyBook Pro is an external hard drive for the serious multimedia user. It comes with three ways to plug a half terabyte of drive space into your PC or Mac... Maxtor OneTouch II Turbo Edition... |
PC Magazine
June 13, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
Drobo Downloaders, video experts, pro and enthusiast photographers, take note. The Drobo is the drive enclosure you're looking for. It may be a bit expensive at the start, but its simplicity and future-proof expansion make it worth it. |
PC World
April 2006
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Get More, Spend Less on Your PC Storage Upgrades The pros and cons of different storage media, and how to figure out which one you need... Connecting the S/PDIF audio port on a HP Media Center PC to an amplifier... A weightier mouse... |
PC Magazine
April 9, 2009
Zach Honig |
Kanguru e-Flash (32GB) The Kanguru e-Flash (32GB) provides ample storage and impressively fast write speeds through its USB and eSATA connections. |
PC Magazine
April 13, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
HP Pocket Media Drive PD0800 The HP Pocket Media Drive PD800 is the cartridge-style hard drive you've been waiting for, particularly if you have an HP PC with a compatible drive bay. |
Macworld
September 11, 2006
Anton Linecker |
G-Drive Q Serial ATA 500GB drive G-Technology's G-Drive Q is one of the most versatile desktop drives around -- with nearly every type of connection you could want and quiet operation, it's a winner. |
PC World
August 2003
Jon L. Jacobi |
FireWire 800: Fast Not Furious Want faster external storage? Third-generation FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) claims to provide it, boasting a maximum data transfer rate of 800 megabits per second. |
PC Magazine
February 22, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
CMS Velocity 2 RAID Backup System The speediest external drive that we've tested so far, and also one of the most convenient for people who burn out their hard drives regularly (you know who you are). |
Macworld
November 2, 2006
Jeffy K. Milstead |
miniXpress 825 160GB FireWire hard drive This tiny portable drive beats pricier rivals. |
PC World
December 2003
Richard Baguley |
DVD Burners: The New Optical Choice Rewritable DVD drives are fast replacing CD-RW models as the optical drives of choice. They offer a fast, cheap, and convenient way to store large amounts of data, and they let you burn your own movies or recorded TV programs to DVD to be watched on a standard DVD player. |
Macworld
September 2003
James Galbraith |
250GB FireWire 800 Drives External FireWire 800 devices are useful for moving large files quickly. |
Macworld
October 24, 2005
James Galbraith |
Buyer's Guide: FireWire hard drives This guide will help you find the right drive for your needs. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007
Glenn Derene |
Know Your Huge Hard Drives: What's the Right Backup Plan? External Drive? Network-Attached Storage (NAS)? Home Server? Here's the skinny. |
Macworld
August 2, 2006
Jeffy Milstead |
Little Big Disk 200GB FireWire hard drive The LaCie Little Big Disk 200GB lets you take your media library with you wherever you go. It delivers fast performance and gives you the maximum number of connection options, all in an attractive and portable package. |
PC Magazine
December 10, 2010
Natalie Shoemaker |
HP Portable External Hard Drive (1TB) Combining the fast transfer speeds of USB 3.0 with 1TB of storage space, the HP Portable External Hard Drive (1TB) is the one to have. |
PC World
March 2006
Narasu Rebbapragada |
Beware of Double Drives External hard drives with 1 terabyte of storage combine multiple drives. What if one fails? |
Macworld
October 11, 2006
Jeffy K. Milstead |
Seagate Pushbutton Backup Hard Drive 750GB This high-capacity drive won't crowd your desktop, and operation couldn't be easier. |
PC Magazine
August 19, 2005
Joel Santo Domingo |
Seagate External Hard Drive (400 GB) This device offers a copious reserve of disk space that lets you store and back up your video files, digital photos, music, and more. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
Loyd Case |
What's Wrong with SATA 1? Why default to SATA II when SATA I has more than enough oomph? |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Joel Johnson |
How to Install a New Hard Drive: Tech Clinic How to transfer data from your old hard drive to your new one before installing the new one. |
PC Magazine
February 28, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
Iomega UltraMax Hard Drive (640GB) The Iomega UltraMax Hard Drive (640GB) tries to exorcise the last few specters haunting this hard-drive maker. For professional Mac users, the UltraMax is an easy fit. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2007 |
Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub Connects Your Devices with Wireless Belkin's Cable-Free USB Hub is another small step toward a completely wireless world. |
PC World
December 2005
Melissa J. Perenson |
Flexible, Cheap Network Storage The Netgear Storage Central SC101 accommodates two hard drives and links seamlessly with your Windows XP-based PC. |
Home Theater
January 2006
John Higgins |
Putting a PC in your HT What to look for when buying a PC to improve your home theater experience. |
Macworld
February 16, 2007
Jeffy K. Milstead |
G-RAID mini 200GB hard drive If you're a video or audio editor seeking desktop performance in a portable package, the G-RAID mini is the drive to beat when it comes to speed. |
Macworld
March 20, 2007
Jeffy K. Milstead |
FireMax 500GB Quad Quad-port external hard drive is small but pricey. |
PC Magazine
November 14, 2007
Loyd Case |
A New DVD Burner You can reconfigure the master or slave designation when swapping optical drives. |
PC Magazine
April 22, 2009
Mario Morejon |
CloudEngines Pogoplug If you've got 90 seconds to spare, installing the CloudEngines Pogoplug device and service will give you access to your home network's external storage devices. |
PC World
March 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Livin' Large We test the latest in jumbo drives to see which deliver the most speed, capacity, and ease of use for the money... |
