Modern storage devices, like universal serial bus flash drives and solid state drives, lack moving parts and therefore aren't vulnerable to mechanical failure. Traditional hard disk drives, which ...

The Macintosh II was a popular computer in the era before Apple dominated the coffee shop user market, but for those of us still using our Mac II’s you may find that your SCSI hard drive isn’t ...

If you hear a clicking emanating from your hard drive case but can still read the data, that's good and bad. It's good because your drive is still functioning and you have a chance to save important ...

Apple is working on a software update to address hard drive issues affecting its latest 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptops. Users are complaining in droves on Internet forums that machines ...

Before attempting any fixes, prioritize backing up your important files and data. You may simply copy the data to an external hard drive. The SMART status bad backup ...

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Serving the tech enthusiast community for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Read our ethics statement. Does your 2006 or 2007-built MacBook have hard drive issues?

Anyone know how to recover data from a broken HDD? My 3TB External Hard drive is fine physically (I believe, I don’t hear any clicking and it still spins up.) but Windows/Mac/Linux can’t see it after ...

Apple is working on a software update to address hard drive issues affecting its latest 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro laptops. Users are complaining in droves on Internet forums that machines ...