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New PS5 External Disc Drive Requires Internet Connection for Pairing

By Andrew E. Freedman published 25 October 23

The Sony PS5 Slim's external disc drive requires an internet connection for pairing, but some have raised fears this will make it hard to play games down the line.

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Western Digital Readies 28TB HDD

By Anton Shilov published 1 August 23

Western Digital's 28TB Ultrastar DC HC HDD is set to compete against Seagate's 32 TB Exos HDD next year.

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Seagate Is Now Shipping Commercial HAMR HDDs

By Anton Shilov published 27 July 23

The HAMR HDD era has begun, but PMR and SMR drives will continue to ship for years.

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Western Digital Black 8TB HDD Review: Not Back in Black

By Shane Downing published 23 July 23

An underwhelming “high-performance” HDD.

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WD Red Plus 12TB HDD Review: Seeing Red

By Shane Downing published 17 July 23

The WD Red Plus is a reduced version of the Red Pro, both designed for network attached storage (NAS). The Red Plus is cheaper and quieter but also slower with a shorter warranty.

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How to Format a Hard Drive Using the Command Prompt

By Joshua Simenhoff last updated 12 July 23

You can clean internal and external hard drives using the command prompt by following our instructions.

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Toshiba X300 14TB HDD Review: A Swing and a Miss

By Shane Downing published 9 July 23

More capacity, but not more performance.

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Seagate FireCuda 8TB HDD Review: A Solid Storage Solution

By Shane Downing published 2 July 23

Seagate delivers a meat and potatoes desktop hard drive

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Seagate BarraCuda 8TB HDD Review: The SMR Slowdown

By Shane Downing published 30 June 23

The Seagate BarraCuda is a slow but inexpensive hard drive that suffers from its use of SMR technology. It’s good for specific use cases but should be avoided for high-performance applications.

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