Jim Rossman is a tech columnist for Tribune News Service. He may be reached at [email protected].

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...

External enclosures have always been a popular choice for mass storage of all your digital media or backups. It allows you to ...

Before you throw out or destroy an old hard drive, check out a few ways that you can put it to use without making our ...

USB4 external SSDs deliver 3,000–3,800 MB/s real-world speeds, doubling USB 3.2 performance for 4K editing, backups, and ...

Microsoft is still forcing you to back up your files to the cloud, but recent changes have made it easier to restore your local files. Too bad those changes aren't documented.

You open your hard drive to access an important presentation, only to find it missing. Suddenly, hours of work seem lost, and ...

In the latest update, Microsoft has made OneDrive a default part of the Windows 11 setup, prompting users to manually turn it ...

When photos get deleted from a UFS storage card, they usually do not go to a recycle bin. The files disappear from gallery or ...

The Beelink Me Mini PC NAS offers six internal M.2 NVMe slots for adding more drives as your media library grows in addition ...

While you may think building your own external SSD is intimidating, it doesn't require as much technical skill as you might ...

USB flash drives are being replaced by Portable SSDs, high-capacity SD cards, and Cloud Storage. Compare speeds, costs, and the best picks for 2026.