Who says a hard drive can’t spoon feed you information? Today, SmartDisk introduced their Always-On Display palm sized USB hard drive, FireLite Xpress. The award winning, always-on display is readable without power, identifies the drive by a user-designated name, indicates the last date that information was recorded and provides a table of contents for the […]
DriveStation from Buffalo is their new entry of SATA via USB 2.0 entry into the market. Some key features include, auto power On/Off with PC bootup, Secure Lock Ware is software to protect the IP on the drive, a fast 7,200rpm speed, fanless design and stackable configurations to maximize storage while minimizing space.
The OneTouch III Mini Edition from Maxtor is one storage unit packed with features. The USB hard drive has so many convenient features for the traveling businessman who needs storage, it would be hard to live without. To throw some stuff out there, how about
USB “Local Disk” in 2025: the XP-era hack had its moment—here’s the cleaner way (plus a product we found) If you landed here from our old tutorial about making a USB stick look like a hard drive, you’re reading a time capsule. That guide leaned on an XP-friendly INF/registry trick (tweaking the removable bit with […]
Slim is in…hasn’t that been the motto of runway models for the past 20 years. I guess you can say the same for tech gadgets, laptops and of course storage peripherals. LaCie introduces the Porsche Designed ultra slim 120GB SSD hard drive. The $149.99 Slim Drive P9223 by LaCie, powered by none other than USB […]
Just looking at the picture, wouldn’t it be a shame if the Porsche-inspired USB hard drive from LaCie got a scratch on it? Not many tech products are designed after household names like Porsche, but it seems LaCie is making a good business out of it. The exclusive design is available in 500GB and 1TB […]
I’ve seen a bunch of news about USB 3.0 gear from CES 2011. Many of them are USB hard drives and here are the most recent five we’ve read about.
With the fast pace of our multimedia lifestyles it’s getting more important to be able to transfer or save large files more quickly. With this future trend it’s nice to see the USB 3.0 products hitting the market in larger quantities with different product offerings. Lenovo is introducing their first portable USB 3.0 hard drive, […]
Buffalo is the 2nd company to announce a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard drive. Although anyone can make the claim, we know the players who mean what they say. Buffalo always delivers so we are anxious to get the green light on purchasing…the DriveStation by Buffalo is the fastest USB hard drive on the market […]
USB Tutorial: Turn a USB stick into a Hard Drive or Local Disk NOTE: The original article can be found at the bottom of this page — jump there now. UPDATE (2025): USB “Local Disk” without the XP-era driver hack The old method on this page uses an XP-friendly INF/registry trick to flip the removable […]
Does Michael Leung add a touch of class to the USB flash drive or does he stir up controversy? The elegant style and appeal of this wooden USB drive give a touch of old school craftsmanship with the beautiful stained wood hughs along with slim leather lanyard for that final touch. But, some folks are […]
Understanding the Difference Between Firmware Identity and Software Simulation At some point, almost everyone working with USB media runs into the same question: Can I make a USB flash drive appear as a CD-ROM drive? The question usually comes up when someone wants something to auto-launch, behave like a software installer, or function in a […]
