Installing an internal hard drive is one of the more straightforward upgrades out there—and is often a better option than using external drives that may be dropped or misplaced. The process usually ...

Most desktop computers have multiple drive bays, each of which can hold a hard drive. If you have a 3.5-inch hard drive and a 3.5-inch drive bay, it will usually slide right in. However, if your drive ...

Running out of storage space on your desktop? You could try backing up some of your files, or remove some unused programs and media, but it would be easier to just ...

Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.

A computer that ships with multiple hard drives or contains space for additional disks can be a useful investment for any business. If a laptop contains two hard drives, an administrator can configure ...

I had an idea for a different way to do a dual boot system. Install two hard drives in a system. Have one set to boot one OS (ie XP) and the other set to boot another OS (ie Linux). Instead of running ...