I’ve been using PCs for more than 25 years and in all those years I’ve learned that a hard disk crash happens when it happens.  You might have an idea that it’s impending but you can never be really sure. There are several ways to make sure that your data survives a hard disk crash.  [...]

I have no idea what I’ll do with 1.0TB, as I don’t store movies on my computer.  I’m still a DVD disk as source and backup kind of guy.  But there are terabyte hard disks out there and two of the most cost-effective are from Seagate and Samsung. As hard disks go, the Seagate Barracuda [...]