an external drive to recover with connotes a bootable drive, while a backup drive is just formatted partition(s). effectively, you need to build an OS disk with recovery tools, in order to have a ...

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Once installed, keeping Restic up to date is effortless. The tool includes a self-update command that automatically downloads ...

As iPhone storage capacities increase each year with high-resolution photos and 4K videos, your iCloud storage and internal iPhone storage can fill up fast. Now it’s vital to ensure all your ...

Slim, attractive, and fast (for a USB 3.1 hard drive), there’s really nothing we dislike about the Backup Plus Ultra Touch except being forced online to download the bundled software. Though my review ...

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 ...

I know some of the basic theory, I'm just wondering if anyone's actually had any experience with them? I have never seen such a product, but to be fair I haven't ever looked for one either. I see a ...

With the news that Apple has officially discontinued its AirPort lineup, many users will look to backing up their Macs with something other than Apple’s Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme with a ...

Behind the Spec Sheet seeks to draw new insights based on hardware data. Produced by FindtheBest, a company that aggregates specs and features in a centralized database, this weekly guest column will ...

If you’ve ever tried transferring large files to an old hard drive, you know the frustration; sluggish speeds, bulky designs and the constant fear of dropping it. External SSDs have changed that ...