External hard drives aren’t quite as popular as they used to be. And that’s due to the cloud. But many people do like to still have a portable hard drive available to store things that can be accessed ...

LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Oct. 5, 2010 - WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new My Passport® Essential™ portable hard drive (photo), My Passport® ...

Our Test Methodologies: Under each test condition, the drives tested here were installed as secondary volumes in our testbed, with an SSD for the OS and benchmark installations. Our testbed's ...

Right now you can save $350 on a Dell Inspiron 14 5000 14-inch laptop, score an MSI GL65 15.6-inch gaming laptop for $1,019, and get a 5TB WD My Passport for just $100. Heads up, deal hunters: Several ...

An external drive helps combat one of the most frustrating parts of computing—running out of storage space. Right now, you can get PCWorld’s favorite portable external hard drive, the Western Digital ...

We really like PCMark 7's Secondary Storage benchmark module for its pseudo real-world application measurement approach to testing. PCMark 7 offers a trace-based measurement of system response times ...

World's Top-Selling External Storage Solution Gets Capacity Boost, Premium New Design, Improving Signature Features of Security and Automatic Backup With the addition of premium finishes, ...

It’s never a bad time to secure your data, and right now, you can save over $100 on our top pick for the best external hard drive. The 1TB My Passport has enough space to store all your files, packing ...

Western Digital hard drives are a vital component for anyone who needs to deal with extensive data storage requirements. It helps in keeping all the files safe while also not overloading your devices ...

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

This Wi-Fi drive works well with mainstream formats such as AVI and MPEG, but it needs a longer-running battery. When you’re late to market, you’d better have more features or a lower price tag than ...