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Don't you hate it when you're in a hurry and you have to wait ages for Windows to start up? Or maybe you have to print a file quickly, you open it, and nothing happens? Your old computer's storage is ...

Few things beat the feeling of getting your hands on a new work computer that runs smoothly. But don't forget about the old ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Your old solid state drive (SSD) has a lot of files on it that you probably don't want ending up in a ...

You can just toss that old hard drive in a drawer, which is the cheapest way to be sure nobody will access it, but if you’d just like to be rid of it, I’d recommend destroying it. Jim Rossman / TNS I ...

If you have hard drives that no longer serve you, maybe due to limited storage or finicky operation, it might be time to finally get rid of them. First, if it does still work, consider ways you can ...

If you’re like me, you’ve accumulated a lot of USB flash drives over the years, to the point where most of them are sitting unused and in storage. But recently I’ve come to realize that an old flash ...

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