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Save 33% on Crucial's spectacular X9 and X10 Pro portable SSDs
Crucial's X9 Pro and X10 Pro are among the best portable SSDs you can buy, and you can get them at a massive discount for Cyber Monday.
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Samsung's blistering T7 Shield portable SSD is 50% off for Cyber Monday
You can grab this popular external storage SSD (which is also our pick for the best high-capacity performance drive!) at an all-time low price for Cyber Monday.
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SD cards prepare to double in speed with a jump to PCIe 4.0
With the new SD Express 9.1 standard, the SD Association wants to increase the speed of SD cards and at the same time introduce four new memory classes.
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This $50 PNY flash drive is basically an SSD in your pocket
Here's a stunning October Prime Day deal: Big speed, big capacity, tiny flash drive.
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We adore Crucial's blazing-fast portable SSDs. Now they're up to 67% off
The Amazon Prime Day sales on Crucial SSDs include discounts on its high performance external SSDs—several of which launched recently.
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Samsung’s best SSDs are all on deep discount for Prime Day
Internal or external, some of the top SSDs on the market can be had for much less than usual during Amazon’s October Prime Day event.
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'OneDrive 3.0' shows off sharing, Office, AI roadmaps
Microsoft's cloud storage service is adding additional features such as an improved UI, sharing, and eventually Copilot AI capabilities, over the next year or so.
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Samsung's fantastic 990 Pro SSD gets a super-sized 4TB model
Samsung launches a 4TB version of its excellent PCIe 4 SSD, though it's hoping you'll pay a premium for the higher capacity.
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Samsung's 990 Pro SSD is crazy fast and on sale for just $75
Looking for a spacious, affordable SSD for Bethesda's highly anticipated Starfield game? The Samsung 990 Pro Series SSD is the one to pick.
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Western Digital slammed with lawsuits over dead SanDisk SSDs
Several Sandisk Extreme series SSDs have erased customers' data. A number of lawsuits are now being filed against the manufacturer, Western Digital.
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3 reasons you should still buy a hard drive
Pitted against the speed of solid-state drives (SSDs), an old-fashioned hard disk drive might seem antiquated. But there’s still good reason to use one.
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Dying SanDisk SSDs serve a painful reminder about storage reliability
All storage drives bite the dust eventually, but sometimes the wipeout is spectacularly bad—and you always need to be prepared for that outcome.
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Why hard drives fail, and what you can do about it
Nothing lasts forever, and that's especially true for mechanical hard drives. We highlight the reasons for HDD failures and give you tips on how to prevent defects.
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Our favorite PCIe 4.0 SSD is ludicrously cheap for Prime Day
The WD Black SN850X SSD offers fantastic real world transfer rates as well as good random write performance.
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Samsung's spectacular SSDs are going for insanely low prices on Prime Day
Samsung SATA, M.2, and USB flash drives are at some of the lowest prices we've ever seen during Amazon Prime Day.
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Boost your Xbox's storage capacity for $80 less on Prime Day
Need more space on your Xbox Series S or Series X? Seagate's 1TB storage expansion card is the way to go.
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Score this awesome Samsung SSD for just $30
Right now you can snag the Samsung 870 Evo, one of the best-performing SATA SSDs around, at an insanely low price.
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Samsung's T7 Shield, the best portable SSD you can buy, is 53% off for Prime Day
You can score the 1TB Samsung T7 Shield, our favorite high-performance portable SSD, for just $75 during Amazon Prime. Don't miss out.
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How to check and monitor your hard drive’s health
Any hard drive is bound to fail eventually. We show you how to check a drive's health, using SMART, chkdsk, and other tools at your disposal.
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Western Digital is forcing outdated My Cloud devices offline
Users are being barred from accessing My Cloud services if their NAS devices haven’t yet been updated to a current firmware version.
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Western Digital NAS drives flash warnings after 3 years, even without problems
Some Western Digital NAS drives appear to be sending out "replace me!" warnings after an arbitrary time limit even in the absence of any actual hardware faults.
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Google Drive is killing support for Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 32-bit
Google is letting go of the past with its app support, putting added pressure on hold-outs to finally upgrade to Windows 10—and the 64-bit version at that.
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AirJet teardown: See inside the solid-state cooling revolution
We can finally see (at least some of) the guts of the AirJet sold-state cooling device, and watch it in action cooling an SSD
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Getting true USB4 speed is still a huge headache
Apparently there's a big difference between "USB4" and "USB 4.0"
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Warning: PCIe 5.0 SSDs freak out if you don't use a heat sink
PCIe 5.0 SSDs may overheat and generate file system errors when pushed too hard.
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Kingston SSD firmware hides a Coldplay Easter egg
If you have a Kingston SSD, the lyrics to Coldplay's 'The Scientist' might be hiding in a driver file on your PC right now
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Western Digital hacked: Your deeply personal data might be stolen
Western Digital has revealed the extent of a successful data breach from March. It's bad.
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Back it up: Most dead hard drives fail within 3 years
A new study by Backblaze confirms that if a hard drive is going to die, it’ll likely bite the dust within the first three years.
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Corsair's first PCIe 5.0 SSD is now available (and surprisingly affordable)
Corsair's MP700 is just as fast as PCIe 5.0 SSDs from other brands, but saves a bit of money by omitting a giant cooler.
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IDrive gets even better with unlimited backups of your Google, Microsoft cloud
If you're worried about being unable to access your cloud data (hi, WD!) IDrive may have an answer with its Unlimited Cloud to Cloud Backup.
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This 2TB drive for $75 is one of the best SSD deals we've ever seen
Amazon is selling the 2TB Silicon Power Gen3 SSD for just $75. Holy moly.
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Should you upgrade your hard drive? 5 questions to ask yourself
A full or slow storage drive could be a sign to replace it with something shinier and bigger—or simply that you need to do a little maintenance. Here’s how to tell.
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Corsair's teeny MP600 Mini SSD is ideal for the Steam Deck
The affordable new Gen 4 drives come in standard 2280 and itty-bitty 2230 form factors.
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Score a 1TB Crucial P3, one of our favorite SSDs, for a measly $46
The Crucial P3 is our top-rated PCIe 3.0 SSDs, and today Best Buy is selling the 1TB model for just $45.
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5 reasons to switch to a bleeding-edge PCIe 5.0 SSD (and 5 reasons not to)
Even early PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs offer massive increases in performance over PCIe Gen 4.0 drives, but the cost and practical benefits make it less compelling.
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Western Digital's My Cloud goes offline after hack
Western Digital appears to have taken down its My Cloud consumer cloud backup and storage service after an attacker gained access to its systems on March 26. WD's online store is down, too.
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Take 55% off Samsung's T7 Shield, our favorite portable SSD
Need more space for those gargantuan files? The Samsung T7 Shield portable SSD is the one to pick.
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Seagate's Lightsaber drives are elegant SSDs for a more civilized age
Seagate's Star Wars-themed SSDs light up in likeness of Vader, Luke, and Obi-Wan's signature weapons
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WD’s My Cloud outage harshly reiterates the 'backup rule of three'
Some WD My Cloud users are experiencing major problems because they can’t access their data—and it’s a painful example of why we all need to have multiple backups.
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Galax's ultra-fast PCIe 5.0 SSD hits stores, massive active cooler in tow
Galax's HOF Extreme 50 is one of the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs available, and it's so fast it requires an active cooler with a humongous heatsink.
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Hard drives may be falling in popularity, but not with me
A new study from a data recovery service indicates most hard-disk drives fail within three years, and newer drives are more prone to failure. But I still love them.
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Heads up: Fake Samsung SSDs are making the rounds
A popular Samsung M.2 drive is being counterfeited, with fakes so good they fool Samsung's own driver software
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SSDs are super cheap right now
A downturn in the NAND storage market means great SSD deals for consumers.
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Windows 11 may be slowing down your SSD again
The latest patch to Windows 11 appears to be slowing down storage devices like SSDs, though Microsoft promises a fix is forthcoming.
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SK Hynix's 2TB SSD won our Editors' Choice award. Now it's 42% off
This well-reviewed SSD from SK hynix is just $120 for 2TB of storage today
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VPN by Google One is coming to all subscribers
All Google One tiers will receive VPN services, complements of Google, and including Windows. Google is adding a dark web report to help track personal information, too.
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The first hyper-fast PCIe 5.0 SSD is available now
Gigabyte is ready to sell you a Gen5 drive, if you can afford it…and if you can find it.
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Gigabyte's newest SSD has a heatsink with its own zip code
The Aurous Gen5 drive can hit 10 gigabytes per second read and write with the passive cooler.
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Update your Samsung 980 Pro SSD firmware right now
Certain models of the Samsung 980 Pro are going read-only — but you can fix it easily.
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