Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

Most small businesses today rely on computers for a wide variety of tasks ranging from billing and accounting to maintaining inventory, email correspondence and storing HR records. All this crucial ...

Installing an internal hard drive is one of the more straightforward upgrades out there—and is often a better option than using external drives that may be dropped or misplaced. The process usually ...

Q: I have an old hard drive that has some data that needs to be examined before I destroy the hard drive. Problem: I don’t know what device to use to examine the drive. I would assume it would be ...

Reader Gene Dybinski would like to lend his mother a hand. He writes: Last March I bought a new Power Mac G5, and almost immediately saw an article (on either this site or in the magazine) on how to ...