External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...

DISKPART is a built-in system utility that gives you deeper, low-level control over your storage drives. Unlike Disk Management, it can bypass many of the restrictions placed on protected or OEM ...

Copying, moving, or deleting files on a USB drive is usually straightforward. However, this may not be the case if the USB drive you're using is write-protected. As the name suggests, write protection ...

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...

The modern world runs on USB, also known as Universal Serial Bus. Whether it's the old-school USB-A ports built into hotel lamps or high-powered Thunderbolt powering entire workstations, USB is still ...

The Universal Serial Bus, or USB for short, was introduced in 1996 as a solution by technology giants like Microsoft and IBM. The idea was to make connecting hardware to computers less of a hassle and ...

If you’ve bought one of Apple’s late 2023 phones (and gone through our list of the first 7 things to do with it) you’re probably wondering about the new port at the bottom. The Lightning port, which ...

USB-C is so hot right now. Even though it’s been in laptops, tablets, phones and even video game controllers for nearly a decade, the port is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, as Apple made USB-C the ...

The last laptop, Android smartphone, or game console you bought most likely came with a USB-C port. If you buy a lot of tech, you may be quite familiar with this new type of USB. But if you’re not, ...

Despite the advent of cloud storage, many users still prefer USB drives when it comes to transferring files or backing up data. While in the process of copying files ...

DiskPart is a built-in Windows command-line utility that manages system disks and partitions. Many users resort to employing DiskPart, especially since it continues to function even if the Disk ...