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Review: Disc Soft takes on virtual hard drives with Daemon Tools Ultra
Daemon Tools Ultra does a fair job expanding the functionality of Disc Soft's flagship product, but the high price and sleazy installation antics don't do it any favors.Reviews
Review: Find out what’s taking up space on your drive in seconds with WizTree
Using some NTFS wizardry, WizTree maps out what's taking space on your drive in mere seconds.Reviews
Review: R-Drive Image backs up anything
A svelte and super capable imaging program with very reliable performance.Reviews
Review: Apricorn’s Aegis Bio makes securing your data finger-swipe simple
This 1TB USB hard drive secures your data with an onboard biometric finger scanner.Reviews
Wi-Fi hard drive showdown: Corsair Voyager vs. Seagate Wireless Plus
A new class of portable hard drive creates its own Wi-Fi hotspot, so you can stream media or transfer files from a PC, notebook, tablet, or smartphone without a cable. Which one's best?Reviews
In honor of World Backup Day: How to protect your data
Looking to finally protect your data as part of World Backup Day? First, you'll need a hard drive. Here's what to look for and which specific models have impressed us.Reviews
Review: BleachBit offers free, comprehensive disk cleaning and privacy protection
BleachBit isn't as polished as some of its commercial rivals, but for business users on a budget, it gets the job done.Reviews
QNAP TS-269 Pro review: A fast and powerful NAS box with a steep learning curve
While pricey, excellent performance, copious software features, and state-of-the-art connectivity render this two-bay NAS box a good deal for small offices and work groups.Reviews
Crucial M4 (512GB) review: A fast-reading, slow-writing, high-capacity SSD
The M4 has a great price per gigabyte and is also a great reader. Write performance, however, is mediocre at best.Reviews
Ultimate guide to SSDs (plus reviews of 7 new drives!)
Is your PC still relying on an old-school hard drive? Installing a solid-state drive is the best upgrade investment you can make.Reviews
Velocity Solo X2 review: Teach an old PC new SATA 6-gbps tricks
If your PC doesn’t have a SATA 6-gbps interface, this device will add it and let you attach one drive (it also has a second interface to host another drive).Reviews
How to buy the best portable hard drive
Sometimes a USB key just isn't roomy enough. We describe the portable hard drive specs and features that matter most, and name five of our favorite models.Reviews
Storage on the go: We test five fast portable hard drives
Think all portable drives are the same? We discovered some compelling differences—both in features and in performance—when we evaluated this batch.Reviews
Review: Intel’s Series 335 delivers more SSD for less money
Intel’s faster NAND flash renders the Series 335 a step up from Intel’s earlier solid-state drives, but the aggressive pricing is probably the better news for consumers.Reviews
Hybrid hard drives: How they work and why they matter
Meet the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of the storage world: Hybrid hard drives promise to deliver the speed of an SSD plus the capacity of a mechanical drive. We explain how they work, and evaluate their performance.Reviews
Pogoplug Series 4 Review: Remote Drive Access Made Simpler and Faster
Equipped with USB 3.0, the latest Pogoplug provides a fast, easy way to share any hard drive over the Internet; but the Web portal for access needs some work.Reviews
Lenovo Thinkpad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive Review: A High-Flying Performer
Encryption and PIN key entry safeguards your data, without sacrificing performance.Reviews
Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Review: Network-Attached Storage Can Be Used for Video Surveillance, Too
This NAS packs a solid punch and has a slew of features, but is unimpressive at writing small data sets.Reviews
Network-Attached Storage: Today’s Best Boxes
Ethernet-attached storage boxes look much as they did two years ago, but their speed, interfaces, and features have evolved.Reviews
Western Digital Sentinel DX4000: An Easy-to-Configure NAS Box
A beefy, well-designed piece of hardware, the Sentinel DX4000 constitutes a good effort by Western Digital, but it doesn't deliver on its promise in performance or features.Reviews
Iomega StorCenter PX6-300d Review: Great Performance, Great Features
This NAS box has six bays and excellent software features, and it’s a strong performer, too.Reviews
LaCie 2Big Network 2 2TB Review: Attractive Design, Basic Function
This box looks great on your desk, attaches via USB or ethernet, and handles all the basics well–at a very basic pace.Reviews
LaCie 5Big Network 2 Review: Large Capacity, Mediocre Performance
Slow performance hinders this otherwise well-designed and capacious NAS box.Reviews
QNAP TS-879 Pro Review: Massive NAS Box Offers Terrific Capacity and Performance, for a Price
Eight drive bays and lightning speed highlight this unit, which is easily the fastest–and most expensive–network-attached storage box we’ve tested to date.Reviews
Western Digital My Book Live Duo 4TB Review: Limited Features, Lots of Capacity
This two-bay NAS box offers plenty of capacity for the buck, and it streams large files very well, but in other respects its features are limited.Reviews
Synology DiskStation DS212+ Review: A Fast Two-Bay NAS Box
This nonexpandable, two-bay consumer NAS box is fast and has a useful, feature-packed operating system.Reviews
Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ v2 (RND4000) Review: Plenty of Functionality, but Slow Performance
Four bays and USB 3.0 highlight a NAS box that is a bit shy on software features and performance, but easier than many on the wallet.Reviews
Synology DiskStation DS712+ Review: Speedy Two-Bay NAS Box Is Built for Expansion
Expandable and outfitted with a great operating system and tons of features, this two-bay NAS unit also moves data rapidly.Reviews
QNAP TS-459 Pro II Review: High-Performance, Four-Bay NAS Drive Has a High Price to Match
Super performance, four bays, USB 3.0, and a wealth of software features make this box a dream for small and medium-size businesses, albeit a very expensive one.Reviews
LaCie CloudBox: Compact Drive Tightly Integrates With Cloud Storage, But It’s Smallish and Slow
Device offers undeniably simple combined NAS and offsite backup, but the 100GB local capacity is too limited, and it's a poky performer.Reviews
Easeus ToDo Backup: The Best Free Backup Tool in Existence
Easeus Todo Backup Free is the best free backup solution available…and close to being the best, period.Reviews
Make Your Own NAS Box
Choose your own hard drives to add to these network-attached storage boxes.Reviews
QNAP TurboNAS TS-259 Pro+: A Speedy NAS Enclosure for Home and Office
This pricey 2-bay NAS enclosure packs in features for home and office use, and it's fast, too.Reviews
Synology DiskStation DS211+ 2-Bay NAS Packs in the Features
Synology's fast but pricey 2-bay NAS box is loaded with features and useful software.Reviews
Synology DiskStation DS411slim: Compact, Speedy 4-Bay Network-Attached Storage
This good-performing NAS enclosure is parsimonious in its power usage and fits in tight spaces.Reviews
D-Link ShareCenter DNS-325-110: Solid Two-Bay NAS Box, but Slow Performer
This NAS box has nice features and a clever case design, but it's pricey given its mediocre speed.Reviews
Everything You Need to Know About 3TB Hard Drives
The latest 3TB hard drives pack in the storage, but they're only partially plug and play. Here's what you can expect if you plan on upgrading your system.Reviews
Plextor PX-LB950UE External Blu-ray Burner Does Smooth, Responsive Blu-ray Playback
This fast Blu-ray drive zipped speedily through disc burns, and played movies smoothly.Reviews
The Storage Specs That Matter
Don't know what "no-touch ramp load technology" is? Don't worry. There are only a few things that are really important when you're choosing a hard drive or NAS device and they're pretty easy to understand.Reviews
Which Specs Deserve Your Respect?
When it comes to buying a new computer, printer, camera, HDTV, phone, tablet, or storage drive, there are some specs you can safely neglect. Here are the features to ignore, pay attention to in some contexts and actively seek out.Reviews
Seagate GoFlex Satellite: A Wireless Hard-Drive Tablet Companion
This first-of-its-kind portable hard drive is designed to interact with mobile devices, but using the associated iOS app is unsatisfying.Reviews
CRU DataPort ToughTech Duo: Data Mirroring on the Go
Nifty, compact dual-bay hard drive provides RAID functions in a portable package.Reviews
Lite-On IHAS524-T98: Multiformat Disc Burner Etches Labels Onto Media
Inexpensive CD and DVD writer uses the underside of media to etch a label, but there's no support for Blu-ray Disc.Reviews
Western Digital My Book Live Packs Great Performance in a Single-Drive NAS
You get gobs of storage, great performance, and Internet access for not much cash–but no dual-drive redundancy, and no USB port for backup.Download This
DcUpdater Keeps Many Popular Donationware Files Up-to-Date
Update the suite of DonationCoder apps within a single application.Reviews
Share USB Storage Everywhere
It has never been easier–or cheaper–to access and share your files across your network and over the Internet, thanks to devices that use ordinary USB drives.Reviews
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net: Dual-Drive Dock With USB and Social Media Ties
Drive dock optimized for–but not limited to–Seagate's GoFlex portable drives offers syncing software, direct hooks into social networks, and file sharing.Reviews
Ctera Networks CloudPlug: Network Storage Sharing Device Offers Backup, Too
CloudPlug offers plenty of administration options and file sharing, but has pricey backup.Reviews