While auxiliary storage and transport are great reasons to buy an external drive — backup is the primary ... way to safeguard your data against both computer failure as well as local disasters ...

There are times when it can be a godsend to have an external hard drive around to back up important files from your Windows 11 computer. It can also be useful to have an external drive around to ...

Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.

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XCOPY is a built-in command-line tool for Windows 11/10 that lets you sync data from one external hard drive to another. It supports one-way sync. To use this tool, first, you need to open Command ...

How big is 20 terabytes? Enough to hold roughly 10 million photos or 10,000 hours of HD video. So, very possibly an entire lifetime of photos, home videos, and other files can be safely backed up to ...

It's tricky to make a chunky external drive like this look attractive ... though we were only able to test it as a computer peripheral, rather than as a backup device for an Xbox or a PlayStation ...

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