Synology DSM 7.3 brings third-party hard drive support to 2025 NAS models. Discover how this update changes storage flexibility forever.

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Many people keep their computers for years. They may update a few components and deal with maintenance issues to keep their ...

USB Hard Drives continue to be a preferred choice for secure and portable storage. They are practical devices that allow users to manage large volumes of files. External Hard Drives work across ...

When it comes to storing data on your PC, you essentially have two options: a traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD). Both store your operating system, apps, games, and files, ...

Our benchmark suite puts solid-state drives and hard drives to the ultimate test. Here's how PC Labs runs and reports its storage benchmarks—and what they mean to you. Since 2004, I have worked on ...

Used Seagate hard disks can be unmasked using smartmontools, other programmers are following suit. We also have tips for Toshiba and WD hard disks. Owners of a Synology NAS can access the ...

Anyone who has a gaming PC knows that you use a PCIe socket for installing the most important component on your PC, a graphics card. But not everyone knows what to do with the extra PCIe sockets since ...

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

I'm encountering severe performance degradation and I/O errors when connecting multiple SATA drives via USB-to-SATA adapters on the Raspberry Pi 5. When three drives are connected simultaneously to ...

USB Type-C has widely become the de facto primary means of wired connection for most of our electronic devices. It forms the basis for the latest generation of USB standards, USB 4, and has been ...

On the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, Apple finally got rid of the Lightning port and replaced it with USB-C. This opens up a whole new world of convenience of connecting accessories and peripherals.