Counterfeit HDDs are flooding the market — here's how to spot one
It might not be simple, but you need to do what you can
I cloned an old SSD to save time, but it created more problems than it solved
I saved some hassle, but the downsides taught me a lesson
I lost my entire Jellyfin server to a dead drive, but my real mistake was the backup I thought I had
My backup was useless until I stopped backing up the wrong thing
I moved my Steam library to a network drive, and the load times aren't nearly as bad as you'd think
I started using my ZFS mirror as a Steam library, and it freed up a ton of space on my workstation
CES 2026 convinced me to buy one type of SSD before it disappears, so I'm buying now
The storage market is about to witness the biggest, and yet, most silent shift
Your SSD is running a multi-core computer with its own RAM, and that's the only reason it's fast
Without the controller and external DRAM, your SSD would lose its bragging rights
This tiny USB drive might be just the storage solution you're looking for
Costs just $11 and stays flush with your laptop
My cheapest SSD is doing the most important job in my PC, and that's on purpose
My SATA SSD makes my NVMe live easier
I stopped babysitting my backups after spending $30 on a used HBA card
The cheapest part of my server solved the biggest headache.
This 1TB portable SSD is an easy one to pick up at its discounted price
An easy one to pick up for anyone who needs it
I moved my Windows page file off my main SSD, and my drive stopped doing work it never needed to do
The OS drive is busy enough as it is without the additional activity bogging it down
I keep a $6 SATA-to-USB adapter in my desk, and it's recovered more drives than any software I've paid for
A $6 SATA-to-USB adapter lives in my drawer as a compact diagnostic lifeline for old SSDs and laptop HDDs.
My C: drive was getting full, so I ran a single command to recover free SSD space in seconds
You can use the DISM command to free up SSD space without deleting anything important
I added NVMe caching to my media NAS, and the real win wasn't the files
I added NVMe caching to my media NAS and found the biggest improvement wasn’t faster file transfers, but quicker access to Jellyfin and app data.
Intel discontinued its strangest SSD years ago, but it still makes my modern NVMe drives feel slow
RIP Optane, gone but not forgotten
Your SSD might be quietly borrowing your RAM, and you'd never know from the box
DRAM-less SSDs are fast becoming the default, so it might just be happening to you
My first NVMe upgrade taught me the drive was never the bottleneck I thought it was
Everything wasn't blazing-fast, because everything was already fast enough
Someone stress-tested just under 300 SD cards over three years, and the results are surprising
One of my favorite brands caught some serious flak.
High-capacity external drives hide a secret that makes shucking almost worth the risk
Sometimes it's worth the risk.
Your motherboard's second M.2 slot might be crippling your SSD performance
Check if your motherboard is bottlenecking your second SSD