You can use external hard drives to back up critical business data or add additional storage to a workstation. However, because external storage devices can cost hundreds of dollars, you can reduce ...

Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.

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 ...

If you’re looking to upgrade your traditional hard drive to a solid-state drive, but don’t want to start everything back up from scratch, here’s how to transfer the data from your old hard drive.

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk on it. The Apple Silicon-based Macs have the storage soldered in, so there's ...

Digital movies, music, and photos can take up quite a bit of disk space. If you’re running out of room, it’s easy to add a bigger hard drive to your PC. Here’s how to do it. PCWorld helps you navigate ...

To add a Google Drive link to Windows' File Explorer, you'll need to download and install the Google Drive app.

Mavericks (OS X 10.9) doesn’t ship on a disc. Instead, it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store, and that installer doesn’t ...

NT system (or boot, can remember which) partition must be no bigger than 8gb. However the drive itself can be larger, just not the partition. Also, your other partitions can be larger than 8gb, so ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion (OS X 10.7). We also have a complete guide to installing and upgrading to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).] ...