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I'm helping out a co-worker by fixing up her old Inspiron 2650. <BR><BR>It's about 6 years old and has a 20GB drive.<BR><BR>What's the best way to do a low-level check of the drive for bad ...

If you're concerned about an old hard drive not being wiped completely clean, this $30 military grade USB gadget promises to ...

You can just toss that old hard drive in a drawer, which is the cheapest way to be sure nobody will access it, but if you’d just like to be rid of it, I’d recommend destroying it. Jim Rossman / TNS I ...

If there is one rule of personal computers, it's that today's impressive hardware is destined to become laughably outdated in short order. Before long, you're likely to need an upgrade to your RAM, ...

No reader questions this time. I just want to share a personal experience. I bought a new hard drive for my laptop recently, and set out to install it Tuesday morning. No big deal; I’ve updated hard ...

We have an old Toshiba Satellite 2535CDS that is having a few issues with its hard drive. The hard drive is a Toshiba branded 4.3GB drive. I did some searching on Toshiba's site, some Google searching ...

What’s the most effective way to replace a hard drive without losing data? Undoubtedly through a 1-to-1 copy, and disk cloning software can help do that without any hassle. Whether it’s to clone a ...