A device that connects an unenclosed hard drive to the computer via USB. Drive adapters are generally used to clone the contents of an existing drive to a new drive. The adapter plugs into the drive's ...

Apple and Intel's Thunderbolt interface finally has a drive you can afford. The Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter ($99 list) is an add-on accessory for Seagate's successful GoFlex portable hard drive ...

New SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drives include models from (clockwise from left) Buffalo, Iomega, Seagate, and Western Digital. ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: ROBERT CARDIN When you’re in front of your PC, waiting for ...

Earlier this year, I wrote several guides to boost the speeds of older Macs by swapping their internal hard drives for super-fast solid state drives (SSDs). As readers have confirmed, their older ...

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The DriveWire universal hard-drive adapter provides a USB connection to 2.5- or 3.5-in. IDE (integrated-drive-electronics) or SATA (serial-advanced-technology-attachment) drives. The adapter comes ...

Now here’s a great idea from Addonics: replace a laptop’s 2.5″ hard disk with flash memory, using a $30 adapter that lets you boot from CompactFlash cards. Suddenly you’ve converted that lappy into a ...