How to Optimize Data Transfer Speeds to and From External Drives

Transferring data between a PC’s internal storage and an external drive is one of the most common tasks a user performs. Photos, videos, important files, and data backups; they all need to be transferred to and from, sometimes multiple times. MUO – Feed
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How to Set Up External Drives in the Chromebook Linux Environment

You may access external drives from the Files app on your Chromebook, but if you want to access them in the Linux environment, also known as Crostini, you may look in a directory like /media, and they aren't there. What gives? MUO – Feed
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How to Set Up and Use External Storage on Your PS4

Depending on which model of PlayStation 4 you have, the system came with either 500GB or 1TB of storage. And while this is enough to store several games, chances are that you'll run out of space before long, especially since games get larger all the time. Having to uninstall games every time you want to
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You Can Now Store PS5 Games on External USB Drives

Sony has made it easier for you to store more PS5 games with yourself. After the recent PS5 update, you can now store your PS5 games on compatible external USB drives. Sony has added several new features as well with this update to your PS5 console. Move Your PS5 Games to an External USB Drive
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How to Solve the “Read Only” External Hard Drive Problem on Mac

Sometimes when you connect an external hard drive to your Mac, you’ll find that it’s set to read-only. This happens because the drive is formatted with Microsoft’s NTFS filesystem, which macOS doesn’t support by default. Fortunately, it’s easy to fix. There are a number of ways to unlock an external hard drive on a Mac,
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How to Reformat an External Hard Drive Without Losing Everything on It

Most people are pretty good at keeping backups of their valuable data on external hard drives. But what happens if the drive becomes corrupted? It’s a lesson in why you should always make an offsite backup with a cloud provider as well as a local copy—but it’s too late for that now. Thankfully, if you
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