Key HDD suppliers WD and Seagate have both allocated their entire 2026 production output for sale, likely worsening PC component shortages and price rises.

Both SSDs and HDDs have their advantages, and both can fail, but their weaknesses are very different. Here's what really ...

When it comes to picking the right data storage, there are two mainstream options available: SSD (Solid State Drives) and HDD (Hard Disk Drives). Then there is the amalgamation of both that is a ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences significantly ...

If you find yourself in the enviable position of getting new hardware for your gaming PC, it's worth taking the time to make sure you’re getting components that are going to serve you well. When it ...

Why doubling a hard drive's IOPS still can't beat cheap NVMe ...

Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head ...

We look at the latest technology gadgets and consumer tech toys and what they can offer to business IT. We’re conscientious souls here in the Inspect-A-Gadget lab i.e. we like to back-up. With a ...

The good old mechanical portable hard drive lives on, but for how long?

In this fourth installment of our MacBook Air review series, we pit Apple's standard hard disk drive (HDD) model against the standard solid state drive (SSD) configuration in a set of battery and ...