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iStorage Datashur PRO+C Encrypted Flash Drive review – protecting your personal data

REVIEW – We all have data that we need to protect, data like passwords, tax information, financial investments, social security and passport numbers, security clearance information, medical and dental records, and so on. It’s data that we don’t want anyone else to see, and we really don’t want it stolen and used for identity theft. […]

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OneModern S8 Fingerprint Encrypted Portable 500GB SSD Review

By Steve Holt / November 3, 2021 / Reviews / Hard Drive, Security / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – I have a cadre of portable backup drives that I use on a regular basis. Most of them are your standard sized backup drive about the size of a man’s regular sized wallet. In the past I have experienced computers that just died and I lost all the files on the harddrive. So

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Need to nail some storage? Seagate is bringing the HAMR!

By Garry Kolb / September 29, 2020 / News / Hard Drive / 6 Comments

NEWS – Gadgeteers keep a lot of stuff, and much of that is digital stuff. Photos, videos, miscellaneous files – they all take up storage space. For business, it’s even worse as all employees have that “can’t get rid of it” mentality. Seagate is bringing the HAMR down with their brand new Exos 20+ series

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Never run out of storage with the ThunderBay 128 TB Thunderbolt 3 RAID system

By David Sheneman / March 16, 2020 / News / Hard Drive, Network Storage / 7 Comments

NEWS – How much data do you need to store? Chances are you can store it all in OWC’s new ThunderBay 8 external RAID array. Compatible with Mac and Windows systems, ThunderBay 8 connects via Thunderbolt 3, with two connectors for daisy-chaining capabilities. Additionally, a DisplayPort 1.2 connection gives you the ability to connect to

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Alxum USB 3.0 dual bay hard drive docking station review

By Julian Perry / December 21, 2019 / Reviews / docking station, Hard Drive / 2 Comments

REVIEW – With so much data to access and store, connectivity options and the option to access additional drives add good functionality to my workflow. I think that this Alxum USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone will also be of great use when I need to replace my hard drives with larger

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StarTech USB/SATA Drive Duplicator and Eraser review

By Joe Porletto / June 26, 2017 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive / 2 Comments

The StarTech Drive Duplicator and Eraser for SATA and USB Flash Drives is a powerful, simple to use, and versatile tool for IT professionals or consumers who routinely need to manage a number of different types of data drives. Although it’s lacking in documentation and is a bit expensive at the suggested retail price of $796.99, the

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Turn 10 micro SD cards into a SATA SSD drive

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 17, 2016 / News / Computer Gear, Hard Drive / 24 Comments

This adapter from looks like an interesting solution to replace or create more storage for a computer that uses 2.5 inch SATA hard drives. It’s a micro SD to SATA 22-pin converter card card that has been designed to use up to 10 micro SD cards. Once installed, it appears as an ordinary SATA hard

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Connect SATA hard drives to your new MacBook with this USB Type-C adapter

By Julie Strietelmeier / July 28, 2015 / News / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Type-C USB / Leave a Comment

Are you the owner of a shiny new 2015 Apple MacBook with the USB Type-C port? As you’re building up your collection of USB Type-C accessories, the USB 3.1 Type-C to SATA Combo Adapter from Brando is a handy device that you might want to consider adding to your gadget toolbox. Although flash storage is

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Inateck USB 3.0 to SATA Converter Adapter review

By Greg Carter / February 28, 2015 / Reviews / Adapter, Computer Gear, Hard Drive / 5 Comments

My overflowing drawer of semi-obsolete computer parts and cables contains a number of hard drives from old computers. I hold on to them partly to keep any personal data under my control, but also because “you never know” when I might need to recover that data, or maybe even find a way to repurpose an old hard

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Thecus N2310 NAS Server review

By Larry Geisz / January 15, 2014 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, NAS / 7 Comments

The “cloud”, a mystical place where we can store and access information from almost anywhere with almost any type of device. The thing is, I have a few issues with the cloud or at least the commercial free service offered by several outlets. My first issue is the security and availability of the data I

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StarTech Portable eSATA USB to SATA Standalone HDD Hard Drive Duplicator Dock Product Review

By Brett Cooper / December 26, 2011 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear / 1 Comment

With the move to eSATA, many consumers are looking for a way to quickly and easily clone or move their content from their current SATA or IDE disk drive to a new eSATA drive, or they may be looking for a way to connect a new eSATA drive to a USB port for quick and

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Seagate Announces 4TB External Hard Drive

By Julie Strietelmeier / September 7, 2011 / News / Computer Gear, Hard Drive / 4 Comments

Seagate has upped the ante for desktop external hard drives with their new FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Drive that is available in a 4TB capacity. That’s currently the highest capacity hard drive in the industry. The 4TB version ships with USB 3.0 connectivity, but it is possible to upgrade it to use a FireWire 800

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Seagate GoFlex Slim USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 320 GB Ultra Portable Hard Drive Review

By James Goforth / April 29, 2011 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear / Leave a Comment

Adding more storage capacity to a desktop or laptop computer used to involve having to take the computer apart and adding in the extra drive, not to mention on some computers the pain and frustration of getting to the drive to remove it. Not so anymore with all the external drives coming out on the

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StarTech SATA 4-Bay Hard Drive Docking Station Review

By James Goforth / March 17, 2011 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive / Leave a Comment

Have you ever needed a convenient way to clone several hard drives at once? Last weekend one of my computer hard drive started having a lot of problems, I contemplated buying a new computer, but I am in the process of building a sweet gaming computer and as we all know it takes time and

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Unitek USB 3.0 SATA HDD Dock with One Touch Backup Review

By James Goforth / February 7, 2011 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear / Leave a Comment

If you are like me you probably have some old hard drives lying around from computers that you no longer have or have worked on for friends and family. I know I have a hard time throwing away any computer item I have even if it is so old it will not work in today’s

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Cirago USB 3.0 Portable Storage Review

By Raul Sanchez / January 22, 2011 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear, USB / Leave a Comment

If you have a need to move files around from computer to computer or just need an external storage drive for your numerous files then you know having an external drive is a must. And having an external hard drive that is durable, slim, fast and portable isn’t so bad either. Introducing Cirago’s USB 3.0

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Cirago USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station Review

By John Schettino / November 20, 2010 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear, USB 3.0 / Leave a Comment

The Cirago USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station is one of those standard external USB docks for the drive freak in all of us. If you’ve got a small pile of SATA drives collecting dust because you’ve upgraded your laptop, or desktop, or both, and you don’t really need yet another USB drive enclosure, this

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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Hard Drives Review

By Julie Strietelmeier / November 15, 2010 / Reviews / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear, Network, USB 3.0 / 8 Comments

Adding additional file storage to your desktop and laptop computers is a snap these days with the variety of USB hard drives that are on the market. Seagate is a brand that I’ve come to trust over the years, so when they asked if I would like to take a look at their FreeAgent GoFlex

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Add a 2nd internal HD to your Mac mini or iMac

By Julie Strietelmeier / October 31, 2010 / News / Computer Gear, Do-It-Yourself, Hard Drive, mac, Spotlight Gadgets / 3 Comments

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I rarely use the CD drive in my iMac or Macbook Pro. 99.9% of the time, I download software instead of buying CDs. And I don’t watch DVDs on my devices either. OWC has a cool product that will let you ditch your optical drive for

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Seagate puts 1TB in your Pocket

By Julie Strietelmeier / September 21, 2010 / News / Computer Gear, Hard Drive, Laptops and Gear, Spotlight Gadgets, USB / Leave a Comment

Seagate introduces the world’s first 1.5TB ultra portable external drive. The new FreeAgent GoFlex drive offers USB 3.0 connectivity that has the ability to transfer a 25GB file in under five minutes versus the 14 minutes it would take using a traditional USB 2.0 drive. 1.5TB can comfortably hold up to 60 HD movies, 750

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