If you're unsure how old your hard drive is, check the manufacturer’s label, the drive's S.M.A.R.T. data, or the drive's ...

My hard drive is over ten and a half months old, slightly different from the 8.3 months I calculated. So, this method only gives an estimate which may differ from the actual age. If you've never ...

So you’ve just taken apart a hard drive, and you’re looking at all the pieces on your desktop. You’re somehow compelled to use them all in different projects. Why not pull out that very high ...

[Jipa] over at MetkuMods put up an original re-use for old hard drives: make em into power tools. The tiny servo motor that drives the spindle doesn’t generate much torque, but once the drive is ...

If your old PC or laptop hard drive still works properly, you can convert it into a portable drive by removing it from its casing and putting it into a new shell. First, figure out the hard drive ...

During this process, you'll need both your SSD and old hard drive connected to your computer at the same time. If you're using a laptop with only one hard drive slot, that means you'll need an ...

In this post, we will show you how to combine multiple Hard Drives into one Hard Drive or Volume on Windows 11/10. You can combine two hard drives and use them as one. In earlier days, having ...

If you have a desktop PC with more than one hard drive slot, you can leave the old drive in as extra storage, and just install your SSD alongside it. If your machine has only one hard drive slot ...