There are times when it can be a godsend to have an external hard drive around to back up important files from your Windows 11 computer. It can also be useful to have an external drive around to ...

which is why we are so keen on backing up to an external drive. If your time is important to you, that is. Why you should trust us: We’re PCWorld. We’ve been putting computer hardware through ...

Whether you're looking to add to your gaming desktop PC's storage or find more space for your gaming laptop, you'll find the best external HDDs below. Grab one of these, and you'll never have to ...

A hard drive or solid state drive (SSD) that resides outside the computer's case, typically connecting via USB or eSATA. A USB flash drive is also external storage. See portable drive and USB drive.

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