The number that says a hard drive is too old isn’t its age, it’s this
The 1TB hard disk on my laptop has been spinning for close to 20,000 hours. Honestly, almost every rule of…
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Your SSD’s controller may be hiding data you thought you deleted
Formatting an SSD seems like the obvious thing to do if you want to sell it, give it away, or…
Mini PC vs. NAS: I’ve used both in my homelab for 8 years, but there’s only one I’d recommend to beginners
I’ve been running a homelab for about eight years now, and during that time I’ve used both mini PCs and…
This UGREEN NAS is under $350 for Prime Big Deal Days
Your digital information can start to add up over the years, and next thing you know, you’re running out of…
Your Windows Recycle Bin has a size limit, and every drive gets a different one
I assumed the Recycle Bin was my undo button with no expiration date. This ended up costing me data. On…
ASUSTOR Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ review: Business-grade control with impressive performance
I’ve spent the past few weeks using the Asustor Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ NAS, and it is definitely a different experience…
Windows wouldn’t let me use the free space on my own drive, so I bypassed its limit
I almost accepted it when Windows told me that it could only shrink 290GB of the 342GB I had free.…
Windows told me my drive was full, but this free tool showed me what was actually eating it
My laptop comes with a 512GB SSD, and it gets filled up pretty fast. I download a bunch of apps…
6 common habits that silently kill external HDDs before their time
External HDDs have their merits. Slower than SSDs, they make great backup targets (especially if you don’t leave them on…
My decade-old Xeon server lost to a budget UGREEN NAS in every way that matters
I spent nearly six years running a dual-socket decade-old Xeon server as my primary NAS. Recently, I moved to an…