In the world of portable hard drives, it’s all about size–the greatest amount of storage capacity in the smallest design. And since most of these drives are 2.5-inch models, they make it easy for you ...

For wireless streaming of media and storage, Seagate’s Wireless Plus is a polished, fast, and reliable external drive. A good portable hard drive is as handy as a pocket on a shirt. You can use one to ...

Your digital life deserves better protection. From photos to work files, here’s how to back up everything with ease.

Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in data protection and an established leader in network storage, today announced a new line of network hard drives that resets the benchmark for ...

Portable hard drives are versatile in that they not only allow you to back up important business information such as clients, reports and tax information, they are mobile and can be used any time and ...

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 ...

Backups are a vital, yet many of us don’t bother to make them till we have had at least one disaster. Really, though, there are only two reasons people don’t make backups – complacency and laziness.

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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.

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(2) A magnetic disk drive that plugs into a USB port on a computer. Used for transport as well as backup and additional storage, portable hard drives rival the capacity of many internal hard drives.