Hard Drives

PCMag.com provides up-to-date coverage and reviews of hard drives.
  • External Hard Drives

    We tell you what to consider when choosing the right external hard drive for you.

  • Cheap External Hard Drives

    These cheap external hard drives will back up your digital life without making a huge dent in your wallet.

  • Big Storage

    With hard drive capacities growing and prices dropping, it's time to switch to a 1TB or larger external hard drive.

  • Internal Hard Drives

    Every desktop PC needs a hard drive or SSD. If you're looking to expand your computer's storage capacity, keep these tips in mind.

Latest Reviews

Preview Date:05.10.2012

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Seagate Barracuda ST1500DM003 (1.5TB)

Preview Date:05.10.2012

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Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS (1TB)

Preview Date:05.10.2012

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D (500GB)
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Review Date:05.03.2012

Bottom Line: It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but the WD My Passport Studio (2TB) gives users what they want—enormous capacity and fast performance, all in an attractive package that shares the MacBook aesthetic.

Western Digital My Passport Studio (2TB)

Price: $309.45

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Review Date:04.30.2012

Bottom Line: While it's not for everyone, the ioSafe Solo G3 external hard drive will take a bullet—literally—to protect your data. Speedy USB 3.0 connectivity and an incredibly ingenious design make this technical marvel worthy of an Editors' Choice award.

IoSafe Solo G3 (1 TB)
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Review Date:04.25.2012

Bottom Line: In terms of backup and file transfer, the CRU-DataPort RTX100-3SJ hard drive is the right tool for the job. For more active tasks like active video editing work, you're better off with a hard drive with active cooling.

CRU-DataPort RTX100-3SJ (3TB)
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Review Date:04.23.2012

Bottom Line: The Western Digital My Passport offers a spacious hard drive for casual Mac users who simply want to back their data up, but there are faster drives with faster connections available.

Western Digital My Passport for Mac (1 TB)
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Review Date:04.17.2012

Bottom Line: The LaCie 2big Thunderbolt is a specialized hard drive for the Mac-equipped graphic artist. It has a whopping 6TB capacity and the fast Thunderbolt interface, good for RAW video and image files. For this specialized market, it's a boon.

LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series (6 TB)

Price: $140.19

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Review Date:04.16.2012

Bottom Line: The Clickfree C6 Portable gives the user powerful backup tools and offers enough space to back up more than one system, but Mac users need not apply—this one's for Windows only.

Clickfree C6 Portable (1TB)
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Review Date:04.04.2012

Bottom Line: The 480GB OCZ Vertex 3 is speedy for most tasks, but you?ll pay a fair amount of money for that power.

OCZ Vertex 3 (480GB)

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