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Besides the hard drive, you’ll need a docking station, mounting enclosure, or adapter to connect the HDD to your PC. For a ...

you can use an old hard drive as a network attached storage server for wireless access. You will need a router and a NAS adapter. Plug in the adapter and connect the hard drive to its USB port.

Western Digital has been ... This mammoth 8TB drive is designed for Xboxes, PlayStations, PCs and Macs, and is of the old-school, traditional mechanical hard drive type, with platters and everything.

External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

The WD My Passport, Works with USB-C is now available at ... or a portable hard drive, is far more likely to make use of plain old USB instead. Almost every recent drive we have reviewed supports ...

The name may be quirky, but the WD My Passport ... or a portable hard drive, is far more likely to make use of plain old USB instead. Almost every recent drive we have reviewed supports USB ...