Losing files from an internal/external hard disk is absolute nightmare fuel. One wrong click, a blue screen of death, or your cat stomping across the keyboard, and your files are outta sight. So, you ...

Seagate Technology LLC today is offering free data-recovery services for customers who purchased the company’s Barracuda 7200.11 desktop hard drive through December 2008. A firmware bug in those ...

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You open your hard drive to access an important presentation, only to find it missing. Suddenly, hours of work seem lost, and ...

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While not quite having reached the “dime a dozen” category, external hard drives have certainly proliferated over the past few years. The concept is simple: take a drive that normally has an ...

Update 3/24/2023: Secure Data Recovery provided us with a little more information on the defective HDDs tested. It said that 37 percent of the Western Digital and Seagate drives analyzed featured SMR.

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Looking for the best 2TB external hard drive? Compare the top 4 options from Seagate, Toshiba, and others, based on performance, durability, and value. Perfect for photos, videos, and large file ...