When you’re troubleshooting your computer or installing a new operating system, you may need to “boot from a disc” or USB device (like an external hard drive or flash drive). Here’s what ...

Want the speed of a solid-state drive without the expense? You might be able to set up a virtual hard drive in your PC by creating a RAM disk. Here's how to do it.

If you bought a computer between 2003 and 2008, you probably have some money coming to you. It's part of a class action settlement against six makers of computer disc drives.

Now let’s get this hard drive installed in your computer. Drive cages, bays, and mounting options Internal 3.5-inch hard disk drives are typically mounted in a drive cage or in an available ...

If you bought a computer with a DVD drive (or a standalone DVD drive for a computer, including external ones) between April 1, 2003 and December 31, 2008, you're eligible to receive $10 for each ...

A mail-order house called Tenex (800-776-6781) has an internal CD-ROM player (it fits in a disk drive bay inside your computer) for $199 and an external model that looks exactly like the DAK for $289.

Alan Shugart -- pioneer in computer disk drives By Verne Kopytoff , Chronicle Staff Writer Dec 14, 2006 ** FILE ** Alan Shugart, Seagate Technology C.E.O., is shown in this January 7, 1997 file photo.

Storage vendors are starting to use low-cost ATA disk drives in arrays, and the advent of serial ATA technology is expected to boost data throughput rates to the point where the drives may begin ...

The disk light comes on and you can hear the disk drive going crazy. You may or may not be doing anything at that particular moment. (Yes, updates occur all the time, software calls home, etc.) ...