To increase data transfer speed in your external hard drive on a Windows 11/10 computer, you can try the following solutions: If you have a USB 3.0/3.1 external hard drive and you connect it to your ...

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.

Actually, the enclosure is free (today only, though), but shipping will cost you six bucks. It's a perfect way to turn an upgraded laptop hard drive into a portable USB drive. Rick Broida is the ...

LaCie Rugged Safe Portable hard drives are smaller and easier to tote around than typical external desktop drives. Some feature case designs that reduce impact shock. With portable hard drives, USB is ...

Data is omnipresent. It’s stored on different devices — traditionally on a desktop PC, but now perhaps even more importantly on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Even though data and ...

Why we like it: It rules our Top 10 Portable Hard Drives chart. The Iomega eGo 500GB Portable Hard Drive performed well across the board in our PCWorld Labs tests, earning it first place on our Top 10 ...

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