Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

If you’re looking to upgrade your traditional hard drive to a solid-state drive, but don’t want to start everything back up from scratch, here’s how to transfer the data from your old hard drive.

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk on it. The Apple Silicon-based Macs have the storage soldered in, so there's ...

When your computer is not detecting a second hard drive, it usually means that you've done something wrong when installing or configuring the machine. The problem could be as simple as you're not ...

As we replace and/or upgrade older computers, many of us tend to save the hard drives, until we’ve amassed quite a collection. For example, I’ve collected quite a few 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. SATA hard ...

I have a problem that I hope one of the experts here has some experience with. For my new PC I have an Asus A8V motherboard with a Western Digital WD740GD HD. BIOS seems to see the hard drive but ...