To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly.

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk ...

You can still make an external macOS bootable drive, but Apple's tighter security procedures mean you have to prepare for it before your internal drive fails. Here's how to do it all, and what's been ...

It’s always a strange moment saying goodbye to a technology you’ve used forever, and I now find myself waving farewell to another one: the humble spinning-platter hard drive. Sure, I’ve been using ...

A slow hard drive can make routine tasks, such as storing and transferring files, unbearably frustrating. Running Windows or any other operating system from a slow hard drive can make matters even ...