HP 3D DriveGuard is a feature designed to protect a laptop’s hard drive from damage caused by sudden movements or impacts. The tool relies on a three-axis digital accelerometer designed to work as a ...

For a computer user, boot-up failures are as bad as it gets. They bring everything to a screeching halt until you solve the issue, and there are many possible culprits: power loss, hard drive problems ...

HP SimpleSave external hard drive backs your files up with ease There's really not much to it, but the HP SimpleSave is one product to consider if you fear the Blue Screen of Death. Most people are ...

From time to time when troubleshooting a laptop (and particularly when your warranty is up), you may need to open your laptop to remove and reinstall components. Removing a laptop's hard drive won't ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Installing a solid-state drive (SSD) in a laptop or desktop computer is one of the best upgrades you can do for your computer. Boot times will improve and applications will load a lot faster than if ...

Call me old-fashioned, but I like to know when my hard drive is active. That’s partly so I know when Windows has more or less finished its boot activity (which, on one aging machine, takes 7-8 minutes ...

Sometimes, you just get stuck trying to troubleshoot what the heck is actually wrong with your computer. Maybe you have no idea what's wrong, maybe you've at least isolated it to a software issue, but ...