With so many uses for external hard disk drives (HDDs), including data storage, file sharing, and gaming, it's unsurprising that many of us rely on the devices in our day to day lives. This regular ...

We can't trust any piece of technology to work perfectly forever. Hard drives are no exception, and when they fail, they take years of important files with them. Fortunately, several free tools can ...

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I've had 2 80 gig hard drives fail over the last 3 months. One was a western digital and one was a maxtor. Now when I access my slave drive (120 gig maxtor) It started making a quit grinding sound.