Microsoft tweaks Windows 10 indexing system with May 2020 update
HDD-based systems will likely notice a bigger performance boost
Hard drive articles
WD publishes complete list of SMR drives following user backlash
Check to see if you've bought a slower WD model for your NAS
Updated: HDD manufacturers found selling slow SMR drives unsuitable for NAS RAID environments
Several buyers faced RAID rebuilding issues
Seagate reveals limited edition Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox Game Drive
More Cyberpunk 2077 merchandise is on the way
Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Hard Disk Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio in the Marvel universe. This is all about our precious digital data. So let's prep for theatre, scrub our hands clean, and dig into the anatomy of what we use today to hold onto our trillions of digital bits.
Storage Performance Roundup: Mechanical Disk Drives to PCIe 4.0 SSDs and Everything In Between
Computer storage has come a long way since our last roundup. We have new PCIe 4.0 SSDs, NVMe drives are becoming the de facto standard for new machines, and prices for legacy drives have plummeted. Rather than just focusing on high-end drives, this time we decided to take a step back and explore the entire storage market from top to bottom.
How to Backup and Replace Your PlayStation 4 Hard Drive
When the PlayStation 4 launched in 2013 its 500GB hard drive seemed like more than we could ever use, but the size of games has ballooned exponentially over the years. Upgrading your PS4 storage is not that difficult, so here's a quick guide to help users avoid headaches during the process. Grab your PS4, and let's get started.
Backblaze publishes HDD reliability stats for Q2 2019
Seagate drives record the highest failure rates across high- and low-capacity disks
PC hard drive shipments could fall by 50 percent in 2019
2019 and 2020's forecast show us where hard drive sales are going
Backblaze shares the most and least reliable hard drives of 2018
Average hard drive capacity has nearly doubled in two years
Western Digital is sampling next-gen 16TB hard drives using MAMR technology
The company plans to increase capacities by 4TB every year
Western Digital pushes boundaries with a 15TB Ultrastar hard drive
Another improvement in storage density
Backblaze's Q3 report shows large capacity drives are more reliable
12TB, 10TB, and 8TB drives don't fail as often
Ways to Free Up Storage Space on Windows
Gigabytes are cheaper than ever but they can also be the sort of thing where the more you have, the more you tend to consume, and it doesn't take long for the terabytes to fly by if you spend a lot of time on your computer. If you're wanting to clean up your drive, this guide will serve you regardless of your current storage solution.
Seagate updates its lineup to include a handful of 14TB hard drives
IronWolf, BarraCuda, SkyHawk, and Exos drive capacity on the rise
Western Digital My Cloud drives have a built-in backdoor
Remote access of files is possible
Large-capacity hard drives are holding up well in data centers
More usage time is needed to draw any solid conclusions, however
Seagate reveals storage roadmap showing 20TB drives by 2020
100TB hard drives are now in sight
Western Digital's new MAMR technology promises 40TB HDDs by 2025
MAMR tech ensures HDDs will stick around for years to come
Western Digital starts shipping the world's first 14TB hard drive
This should hold most of your Steam library
The Best Storage: SSD, HDD, NAS & More
With dozens of hours testing storage devices under our belt in the last year alone, we have a pretty clear idea of what are the top devices you should buy right now, divided into six categories: Best performance SSD, best value SSD, best hard drives, best portable storage, best external storage device and best home/SMB NAS.
