While not quite having reached the “dime a dozen” category, external hard drives have certainly proliferated over the past few years. The concept is simple: take a drive that normally has an ...

eSATA lets external hard drives run at internal speeds. But don't expect to see mainstream PCs with those ports until 2008. Photos: eSATA drives Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

I just built myself a new PC based on the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe which came with an eSATA port that specifically states it's 3.0Gb/s and that it "supports hot-plug functions".<br><br>So, since I was ...

External hard drives don’t tend to be the most exciting things in the world: they just sit there and store stuff. But the new Iomega Desktop Hard Drive eSATA/USB 2.0 320 GB adds something new to the ...

Fantom Drives has introduced the G-Force MegaDisk eSATA+USB external hard disk drive. As the name implies, it features both external Serial ATA (eSATA) and USB 2.0 interfaces. The drive is available ...

Western Digital today announced the availability of 1.5 and 2 terabyte hard drives in its WD Caviar Green family of products. The drives are designed for use as USB/FireWire/eSATA external hard drives ...

Q: I need a new external hard drive. Should I get a USB 2.0 drive or one with both eSATA and USB connections? A: Most home users need not worry too much about eSATA (pronounced "ee-sat-ah," it stands ...

Seagate GoFlex Desk External desktop hard drives buying guide Mac’s hard drive near capacity? Time to add more storage The hard drive in your Mac is often referred to as an internal hard drive. An ...

Unfortunately, hard drives, like nature, abhor a vacuum. They fill up with music, recorded televisions, videos, pictures from your Aunt Gloria’s wedding, anything and almost everything from the ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

USB 2.0 is the most popular connection technology for external devices, with FireWire (either 400 or 800) a close second. However, if you really want extreme speed, eSATA is the way to go, as Seagate ...

The ADSA3GX4R-E four-port external SATA II controller installs into a single 133-MHz 64-bit PCI-X bus slot. The card incorporates the latest external Serial ATA connector, and supports shielded cable ...