If you're in the market for an external hard drive to use for backing up your Windows 7 computer, you might be asking how much space you need. Microsoft recommends a hard drive with at least 200 ...

Backing up your files is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard the data you create and store on your computer. To this end, Microsoft included a full backup and restore utility with ...

You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly. Windows can't clone a hard drive automatically, but there are ...

Want to move your OS from an HDD to an SSD or copy data to a different drive? Here's how to do it safely. Palash has been writing about technology (and entertainment) for over a decade. His focus has ...

Welcome to Product Support, a column devoted to helping you get the most out of the gadgets and software you already use. It’s unfortunate that the sweet, smooth feeling of a brand new computer ...

Making backup files is boring, but the alternative—losing your data—is the kind of excitement no one wants. March 31 is World Backup Day, which is lame, but why not use this as the impetus to get ...

Upgrading a drive on your PC is generally not that difficult, but it can be tricky to move over the data, and more importantly, the operating system, to the new drive. It's recommended that you ...