Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

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.

The best external hard drives available today provide ample storage, reliability, and security for different price points. We ...

I have never owned a laptop, although I guess I used to have one when I worked for my last company. What I am wondering about are the different hard disk sizes.<BR><BR>Laptop hard drives are all 2.5" ...

As far as I know, all laptop HDs are standard 2.5" units. I mean, there could be some company (Compaq, given their track record -- View image here: http://arstechnica ...

This week I got an email from a reader who asks, "I have a stand-alone hard drive that cannot be accessed anymore. I've tried different laptops and different cables, but to no avail. The light is ...

IBM is using an extra dash of pixie dust to add gigabytes of storage to its notebook hard drives. New Travelstar hard drives for notebooks announced Wednesday boost maximum capacity from 60GB to 80GB, ...