External drives like USB drives are extremely helpful for copying files to and fro a PC or a laptop. You can then transfer these files and use them on any device or carry them even when you are ...

Have a USB device near you? Look closely at the port -- do you see a color? It turns out that it actually means something.

Ever seen an orange USB port and wondered what it means? Discover the purpose of the color, whether it indicates certain ...

External hard drives and flash drives typically operate best with the newer USB 3.2 or USB4 ports to ensure you get the ...

The recommended max length of a USB cable, before performance degrades, ranges from over 16 feet for USB 2.0 to less than 3 ...

We've recently received a rash of reports indicating problems with transferring files from externally connected FireWire or USB drivers. In these cases, the transfer ...

<b>Background</b><br>I have a Dell Latitude D630 laptop I'm fixing for someone. The laptop got some really nasty viruses and malware on it, and after much frustration and laboring I have decided there ...

The TL;DR version: it took 28 hours to copy 500GB worth of files from a Acronis True Image Home 2011 TIB "file" backup (note: not disk image), over USB2, to a 3TB drive on a new system. Alternative ...

Overview: USB-C flash drives in 2025 offer direct plug-in compatibility with Android phones, tablets and laptops, making file ...

Google is rolling out an update to Chrome OS this week that comes with a very nifty new feature. As reported by our colleagues over at 9to5Google, Chrome OS 102 includes a new “USB-C cable alert” ...