SSD slowdowns aren’t always age, often it’s firmware, cache, TRIM, or free space. Here’s the checklist I use to keep things running smoothly.

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So while mucking around I noticed that my external hard drive is set to 'Optimize for Quick Removal' which disables write caching for the drive. Windows tells me this means it is safe to just yank the ...

Windows users commonly encounter errors in writing data onto storage devices like USB drives and hard disks. As evident from the error message, it signals the ...

From the day Microsoft Windows 10 launched, I have been inundated with the same question: "How is storage performance on Windows 10?" We are sure a lot of our readers want a definitive answer, so that ...

You have installed the latest operating system i.e Windows 7 - The Microsoft Starlet on your PC. It is perfectly standing on the promises, which were made by ...

That USB stick did need repairing and it's all my fault. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This piece was originally published on ...