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This rugged, external hard drive comes pre-formatted for Mac and ... for that - but it's an impressive Mac device that makes back-up and transfer quick and seamless. The Canvio Flex is categorized ...

XCOPY is a built-in command-line tool for Windows 11/10 that lets you sync data from one external hard drive to another. It supports one-way sync. To use this tool, first, you need to open Command ...

This week’s Do You Use It? poll asks how you could recover your data and get back to work in the event of a disaster ranging from a corrupted file to a house fire.

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