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.

Actually, the enclosure is free (today only, though), but shipping will cost you six bucks. It's a perfect way to turn an upgraded laptop hard drive into a portable USB drive. Rick Broida is the ...

Are you thinking of upgrading that smaller hard drive to a larger one? Maybe you own a laptop and can’t add a hard drive, or maybe you have already added as many hard drives as you want to add to your ...

It's a well known fact that no matter how much storage you have, you'll always find a way to fill it. This is true for both fixed and removable storage. As we continue to expand our internal storage ...

Sharkoon has launched a new portable hard drive enclosure, which will work with 2.5 inch SATA hard drives, and is compatible with USB 3.0, the Sharkoon QuickStore. The Sharkoon QuickStore is ...

What to do with the old hard drive you just removed from your laptop or desktop? You could just keep it around as a spare—but installing it into an external ...

WiebeTech on Thursday introduced the RT5e eSATA RAID, an enclosure designed to work as a portable RAID array connecting to a Mac or PC using external Serial ATA (eSATA). It’s priced starting at $1,699 ...

As we move into an area with higher resolution photos and 4K video, storage is more important than ever. We check out the 2019 Seagate Backup Plus Portable external HDD to see if it is up to everyday ...

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 ...

The Aegis Bio 3.0 is a hard drive meant for users who want to make sure that their files remain secure, and are willing to pay for it. When considering a portable drive, there are a few things to keep ...