external hard drive

Help! How Do I Copy To An External Hard Drive?

William needs to know how to copy information to an external hard drive right now. We explain.

Just how long will an external hard drive last?

Is it a good idea to leave your external back-up drive plugged in all the time?

What's the difference between a backup and a system image? What you need to know to protect your data.

Leone wants to know if she can use a hard drive from a 32 bit system as an external drive for a 64 bit system.

What is an eSATA port and how can you use it? How it works and what you need to make it work.

Nellie wants to know if she can download our eMagazines to a flash drive and if that could cause any problems.

Darlinne loves her external hard drive, but wants to know what to do when it runs out of space.

Ron wants to know if he can just install a mirrored external drive into his computer in case of hard drive failure.

John wants to know if an external hard drive is the best way to preserve files when he gets a new computer. We look at the options.