hard drive

Should USB hard drives use mains electricity?

Digital Living I was thinking of purchasing an external hard drive for my laptop for backup purposes. A self-powered USB storage device typically uses a 2.5-inch laptop hard drive. So-called 'self-powered' USB hard drives are very convenient, but because of the...

Tags: hard drive, power, self, usb

25 October 2007, 15:57

Is it worth bringing a PS3 back from the US?

Digital Living The PlayStation 3 (read our full review here) comes in two versions in the US -- the basic version with a 20GB hard drive and the high-end version with a 60GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and a multiformat memory card reader.

21 March 2007, 16:39

Iomega StorCenter 1TB

Digital Living On the inside, it's a 1 terabyte hard drive that connects to your network, via Ethernet or wirelessly. On the outside, it has all the sex appeal of a stack of phone books. Does the inner beauty overcome the outer beast?

22 December 2006, 8:26

What's the best budget PC for all the family?

Digital Living Its 80GB hard drive is big enough to store around 1,500 music CDs, or around 120 movies, which might sound like a lot but your kids will fill it up in no time at all -- and this is when the bundled DVD burner comes in handy.

29 November 2006, 16:23

What MP3 player for my particular needs?

Digital Living I have an old Creative MuVo2 4GB which is starting to show its age -- I've just had to reformat the hard disk for the second time and the headphone socket is wobbly so the sound is intermittent. If you're set on avoiding iPods, then take a look at...

23 November 2006, 16:11

Build the ultimate quiet PC

Digital Living The last thing you want during a tear-jerking love scene is the click of a hard drive or the whir of a DVD drive. Whereas some drives are designed for high capacity, others, such as the Samsung HD300LJ hard drive (£90 from Quiet PC) are designed...

7 September 2006, 16:49

How to get music onto your Walkman phone

Digital Living Start by checking if you have enough space left on your hard drive -- you need at least 400MB. To check your hard drive capacity on a Windows PC, click on the Windows Start menu and select My Computer; right click on your hard drive (usually...

31 August 2006, 17:18

Can I buy a cheap video-editing PC?

Digital Living Your final major consideration should be a large hard drive. What size depends entirely on the amount of video you intend to store, but as a rough guide, 1GB of hard drive space is enough to store around 1 hour of high-quality video footage.

10 August 2006, 11:55

Speed up your bootup time

Digital Living Don't even think about mucking around with your hard drive without backing up all your files. It's not a sign of old age, it's the ever-growing accumulation of detritus that various applications and hardware deposit on your hard drive when you...

2 August 2006, 16:56

Sony DCR-SR100

Digital Living Sony's SR100 spurns the reliable but retro-feeling MiniDV tape format in favour of a 30GB hard drive. No more tangled tape and tedious rewinding, you think -- but is the newfangled convenience worth the drop in video quality?

28 July 2006, 12:08

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living Windows Media Player lets you listen to your tunes and watch movies, and you can fill the Q1's 40GB hard drive to the brim with all manner of free and paid-for software courtesy of CNET.co.uk's Downloads channel.

27 July 2006, 17:39

Taking your television for a drive

Digital Living The Freeview PVR allowed us to store programmes on a hard drive. Well, the TV Drive is that buzzword made real -- it's a convergence play that brings together the power of a computer hard drive and digital storage with a networked cable box...

25 July 2006, 17:11

Is my PC ready for Windows Vista?

Digital Living You'll need a card with at least 64MB of memory to support a single monitor displaying at a resolution of 1,280x1,024 pixels• 40GB of hard-drive capacity with 15GB of free space • DVD-Rom drive • Audio output capability • Internet access capability

20 July 2006, 15:21

Archos AV 700 TV

Digital Living Archos goes full circle with the AV 700 TV, adding a Freeview tuner so you can watch live television on the move as well as viewing prerecorded programmes from the hard drive. Will you be tuning in or turning it off?

7 July 2006, 18:20

How do I get music off my iPod?

Digital Living Dear CNET,My hard disk is dead. Enable your iPod for use as an external drive by connecting it to your Mac and waiting for iTunes to start up. Is there any way to get these songs off my iPod and onto my new hard disk?

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15 June 2006, 13:12