A particularly malicious virus can at worst disable a hard drive temporarily. A virus alone is not enough to physically break a hard drive or completely disable a hard drive to the point where it ...

Most small businesses today rely on computers for a wide variety of tasks ranging from billing and accounting to maintaining inventory, email correspondence and storing HR records. All this crucial ...

A client recently asked me about adding hard drive imaging into its standard incident response process. Because most of the incidents the client deals with are related to malware infections, its ...

Computer sleuths interested in running forensic PC operations on a Linux machines should take a look at an open source tool called Foremost. Computer sleuths interested in running forensic PC ...

In previous articles, I’ve discussed log management and incident response in the age of compliance. It’s time to cover a separate topic that has connections to both log analysis and incident ...

Installing an internal hard drive is one of the more straightforward upgrades out there—and is often a better option than using external drives that may be dropped or misplaced. The process usually ...

If your Windows 11/10 computer won’t boot with a second hard drive plugged in, then first make sure the drive is working properly and there are no issues with it. Having done that, try these ...

Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS)'s Image MASSter 4000 PRO IT Duplicator is an ideal solution for mid-size IT organizations looking for all the benefits of an enterprise level hard drive duplicator ...

A hard drive, also known as a hard disk drive, is a storage device used on many computers. A hard drive consists of spinning platters that store digital information read by fast-moving read/write ...

A bare drive dock like this one from Cirago is used to quickly move files to and from your computer via USB. Jim Rossman / TNS This week I got an email from a reader who asks, “I have a stand-alone ...

What is a hard drive? It’s a common question and one that we’re more than happy to answer. Whether you are looking for ways to upgrade your hard drive, trying to buy a computer with the right hard ...