This data is in for the C4Q 2024 HDD shipments from the February 2025 Digital Storage Technology Newsletter. Total HDD shipments in C4Q 2024 were down about 1.3% compared with C2Q 2024 (31.7M versus ...

HDDs are older, but they're still extremely useful.

With growing SSD costs all over the world, you may be wondering if buying a hard drive in 2026 is worth it. Here's what we ...

2026 is not the year for upgrades OR replacements, it seems.

SSD capacity prices are now over 20 times those of HDD capacity prices.  Storage tiering that includes SSDs and HDDs with ...

Both hard drives and solid-state drives are fairly reliable, but both will also eventually fail, as all storage devices do.

TL;DR: Western Digital's Innovation Day 2026 revealed groundbreaking HDD advancements for AI-driven data storage, including a 40TB UltraSMR ePMR HDD launching in 2026 and a 100TB+ HAMR HDD by 2029.

In a world of smartphones, tablets, and ultrathin laptops, it’s easy to see and use the terms “hard drive” and “SSD” somewhat interchangeably. After all, virtually all common consumer electronics ...

When on the hunt for a new PC or external hard drive, you’ll likely see two different storage options: Traditional hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD). Deciding on the best one for your ...

Derek is a writer and marketing pro specializing in communicating complex or technical issues in a way that is accessible to wider audiences. When it comes to selecting the PCs, laptops and servers ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences significantly ...

You can speed up your PC and laptop by cloning HDD to SSD free. But Windows does not come with a free disk clone tool. Fortunately, there are some great free SSD cloning utilities to clone HDD to SSD ...