Storage World

Choosing Hard Drives and Storage Devices

Once you've figured out roughly how much space you’ll need to store and back up your media and other files, you can select a storage device or devices. Take these factors into consideration: 1. Capacity limit Again, how much storage do you need, now and in the near future? Find out how to make an estimate on page 18. Some storage device types can be purchased in or expanded to capacities of several terabytes, while others have much lower limits. 2. Redundancy A storage device that of...

How To Install an Internal Hard Drive

If you're comfortable tinkering with your PC a little, you may be able to install an internal drive in your system yourself. Here's what you need to do: 1. Make sure that you are not carrying a static charge when you touch anything inside your computer. Touch something else that’s metal before you start, to discharge any static electricity. Don’t work near anything that might give you a charge, such as carpeting under your fuzzy slippers. If your environment is static-prone, you can buy an ...