In the April, 2010, issue of PC World, and back in December here at the old Hassle-Free PC Blog, I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step ...

The shift to Windows 11 and the need for new Windows 11-compatible PCs has increased demand for external disc drives in Japan.

I haven't purchased an optical disc drive (ODD) for my PC since...actually, I don't even recall the last time I bought one. It's even been a minute since I owned a PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay to ...

A very worthy alternative to Acronis for disk chores. Hard Disk Manager 2009 Suite is a welcome upgrade of an already capable partitioning and imaging suite from Paragon Software. The latest version ...

When you boot your HP computer and it fails to boot and throws the SMART Hard Disk Error 301, 302, 309, 30A, 30B, 30C, 3F1, or 3F2, then the fixes we have presented ...

While Windows 11 has arrived with a beautiful new interface and some great add-ons, the disk usage spike issue is still there. There have been numerous reports by Windows 11 users complaining about ...

LG Electronics Inc. is adding its name to a long list of companies producing Blu-ray Disc writer drives for PCs. The South Korean company will launch a drive in its home market on Wednesday and plans ...

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) plans to begin selling a Blu-ray Disc drive in Japan in June for use in desktop computers, the company said today. The drive is the first to be ...

When you work for a company, you sometimes have to just do what you are told, even if it doesn’t make sense. What would you do if you were assigned a PC that was also running a critical application, ...

If you bought a computer between 2003 and 2008, you probably have some money coming to you. It's part of a class action settlement against six makers of computer disc drives. The lawsuit claimed the ...