[Jipa] over at MetkuMods put up an original re-use for old hard drives: make em into power tools. The tiny servo motor that drives the spindle doesn’t generate much torque, but once the drive is ...

Got a used hard drive and want to know its age? Or have you been using it for years and starting to wonder how much longer it ...

Besides the hard drive, you’ll need a docking station, mounting enclosure, or adapter to connect the HDD to your PC. For a barebones setup ...

So you’ve just taken apart a hard drive, and you’re looking at all the pieces on your desktop. You’re somehow compelled to use them all in different projects. Why not pull out that very high ...

Businesses throughout Toronto place data security at the front of their priorities because of today’s digital reality. Every ...

If your old PC or laptop hard drive still works properly, you can convert it into a portable drive by removing it from its casing and putting it into a new shell. First, figure out the hard drive ...

Since it’s easy to recover data from a hard drive and open yourself up to bullying, blackmail, or even identity theft, it is vital to dispose of an old hard drive properly by not only wiping the ...

his mistakenly-tossed old hard drive now resides. Way back in 2013, the computer engineer went looking for his old hard drive that contained a stash of 8,000 bitcoins he'd purchased for next to ...

there’s a decent chance you might have another device that can become the new home to your old storage drive. For example, the Xbox One is able to swap hard drives, letting you increase capacity ...