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Do you own a Sony PlayStation 4 game console?
If so, chances are you can’t install any more games because your PS4’s hard drive has run out of space.
It has always been possible to upgrade the hard drive in a PS4 with a little “minor surgery”, but now you don’t have to bother with replacing the internal drive at all.
Sony has just released a firmware update that adds external USB hard drive support to the PlayStation 4. [Read more…]
Tablets and smart phones are amazing devices that put the power of modern computers literally in the palm of your hand. But as awesome as these gadgets are, they do have a few very frustrating limitations.
Personally, I find the most annoying limitation of the typical mobile device to be the paltry amount of storage space available.
If you think about it, even the most capacious tablets are limited to far less storage than a typical laptop. Many of these devices can connect via USB to an external hard drive, but that can be rather impractical when you’re out and about.
Well, now there’s a better solution that gives you the storage capacity of a 2 TB hard drive without having to connect a USB cable or AC power adapter. [Read more…]
Question from Linda S.: I have a Dell 6430u Ultrabook and a Superspeed USB 3 Dell Docking Station. I am trying to decide on an external drive to back-up all my data and photos continuously.
Could you suggest an external USB hard drive that would be good to use?
I’m also worried about power overload for the docking station because when I plugged in a LaCie external drive I received a warning that it overloaded the USB port. Can you advise about that as well?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
If you’ve been looking for a great deal on an external USB 3.0 hard drive, here’s one for you (while supplies last).
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An external USB hard drive makes it easy to back up your computer’s internal hard drive.
And if your PC has a small solid state drive, an external hard drive will hold all of your data files such as photos, music, movies, Office documents and more so that you can keep your SSD uncluttered and working flawlessly.
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