Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

Recovering important photos and data from a malfunctioning hard drive can be surprisingly expensive. Depending on what goes wrong and whom you take it to, it’s not unusual for data recovery companies ...

Has your Mac Mini hard drive filled to capacity or burnt out? There's no need to buy a new computer, simply swap out the old drive for a new one. Dan Graziano Associate Editor / How To Dan Graziano is ...

One of the coolest features we saw in Sony’s own teardown of its new PlayStation 4 was how easy it looked to replace the console’s hard drive. In fact, the PS4 shown in Sony’s teardown video had a ...

Most small businesses today rely on computers for a wide variety of tasks ranging from billing and accounting to maintaining inventory, email correspondence and storing HR records. All this crucial ...

One of the interesting things about many desktop computers is that a number of their parts are user-accessible. With a good set of instructions, you can open a “standard” desktop computer and add a ...

Discover the hidden dangers lurking in your hard drive and how to protect your precious data before it's too late.

In response to complaints lodged of failing hard drives lodged two years ago, Apple has launched a “MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues” that will allow some MacBook owners to ...

Apple's hard drive replacement program for 2011 iMacs has been expanded after discovering even more machines may be affected. The company has updated its support page about the program to note the 1TB ...

“Today the hard drive goes away, and we replace the hard drive,” announced Dropbox CEO Drew Houston last week at the company’s first ever developer conference. He went on to outline a future in which ...