After exploring various technologies, including wire matrices and rod arrays, IBM invented the hard disk drive in 1953 at its San Jose, California, lab. Initially, the technology was referred to ...

Seagate’s Mozaic 3 Plus technology allows for bigger hard drive capacities by making data bits smaller and closer together on ...

Seagate is finally offering its largest-ever hard drive – a staggering 32TB in a single drive, made possible by ...

Rainer W. Kaese, Senior Manager, HDD Business Development at Toshiba Electronics Europe, gives his predictions for hard disk drives in 2025… Hard disk drives, or HDDs, are a well-established ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio ...

Solid-state drives (SSD) have mostly taken over for hard disk drives (HDD) due to their compact size, superior durability, and modern performance, so we've mostly included these faster options.

There are multiple methods to recover data from a corrupted hard drive, but choosing the safest approach depends on how the ...