I have a portable hard disk drive with usb connection. The problem is how to setup a password that can only access by me? I check it everywhere but, all I found is lock for files, folders and thumb drive. Can anyone help me?

live.besttechie.net – I got a question from Richie in the chat room to do a video on the best external hard drives available today. My favorite company for external hard drives is LaCie.

I have a computer screen I just want to know what type of hard drive should I buy.. What brand is best and by its memoory size and space???

i want to buy a 360gb or 512gb
which is the best company and price of that hard disk.

I’m not talking about replacing a hard drive because you ran out of space, I’m talking about how long someone’s been able to keep it without it failing.
I guess if you have an expensive one, it’s gonna last longer, but I just want to have a general idea about the maximum lifespan of a hard disk drive. Then if my drive fails I won’t feel bad if I know I got the most use out of it.

My computer crashed a while back and I want to know if I can somehow use the hard disk drive to get the old data off (and on to my laptop). Is this possible. I’m not very knowledgeable when it comes to the guts of computers.

What is the largest hard disk drive that Windows Vista OS can support? What is the cause of such limitation?

I just bought a new StoreJet External Hard Disk and it appears in the "Devices With Removable Storage" category and not in the "Hard Disk Drives" one. I used to have a Toshiba Hard Disk (external) and that used to appear in the Hard "Disk Drive" category on "My Computer". So is there a way to make my hard disk appear as a Hard Disk Drive.

How in the world do I defragment the hard disk drive so that I can make my computer faster? Give me specific details on directions on where and how do I boost up the disk drive better. And how often do I do that?

Hi all, could anyone please tell me the difference between hard drive and hard disk drive?