If your PC won't boot, all is not necessarily lost. You can save data from your storage drive via one of two methods.

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To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

USB drives are tiny, stick-like devices that are easy to travel with and simple to use. All you have to do is store your data on one and voilà! You can now take that data with you. However, they can ...

An external hard drive is a portable piece of equipment that lets you increase the amount of storage space on your computer.

When you think of a USB flash drive, you probably only see it as a portable device for storing and transferring files between computers. USB drives are perfect for this since they're affordable, easy ...