To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk ...

It's faster to restore a known-good disc image of your PC than to reinstall Windows, so plan ahead by using a free disk-backup utility. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an ...

Easeus Todo Backup is faster and simpler than the disk-imaging component of Windows 7's Backup and Restore applet. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...

Disk Clean up is a utility tool of Microsoft that is primarily used to free up disk space on your computer’s hard drive. A system maintenance tool that analyzes and scans all the files that are store ...

You can turn any Mac folder into a disk image to lock its contents behind a password. Here's how to password protect your ...

No matter how sophisticated your RAID hardware is or how fast your disk devices are, servers that actively write and delete files slow to a crawl without routine disk defragmentation. Windows 2000 ...

Poor Disk Utility. It seems fated to remain one of Mac OS X’s most underappreciated utilities. If you’ve even launched it at all, chances are you haven’t gone beyond using its First Aid features to ...