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Don't throw away your old hard drives—do this instead

You might think that hard drives have a shelf life—and that’s partially the case. However, an old hard drive probably has a lot more life left in it than you think. I have hard drives that are over 10 ...

Your Windows SSD Could Be Faster, Microsoft’s New Update Reveals Why

Windows 11 users can unlock higher NVMe SSD performance using a hidden Microsoft driver, if they’re willing to tweak.

This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

I compiled a list of 167 hard disk drives worth buying - here are six things I found out

The first thing which stands out relates to brand. Western Digital has more drives on the list than anyone else, with 66 models spanning consumer, NAS, enterprise, and specialist categories. That ...
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7 devices you can repurpose into a NAS server (yes, even a Wii U)

Either way you slice it, Raspberry Pis make for fantastic networked storage servers. You can run Linux on them (or even ...
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Pentagon seeks to add Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to China military list, Bloomberg News reports

Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has concluded that Alibaba Group Holding (9988.HK), opens new tab, Baidu Inc (9888.HK), opens new tab and BYD Co (1211.HK), opens new tab should be added to a list of ...