external drives

Hello. Someone told me if i install an operating system on a USB drive, say, Linux Mint, i shouldn't expect more than 300-400 hours of work before the drive dies. The person told me that a lot of reading can damage the USB drive by causing read disturb errors. The same goes for video games too -...

Specs: Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 CPU: i5-4690K PSU: EVGA 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Main Drive: Crucial M500 240 GB 2.5" SSD Additional Drives: 2× 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drives I have a few 2-5 TB externals that I don't need as externals anymore (I've already...

Hi, I have a WD external Hard disk (around 2TB I think) , that has been infected with a malware from Another laptop. The question is : 1. Is it possible to connect the hard drive to another laptop without infecting it? 2. How to get rid of the Malware without deleting the hard disk content Thanks

Hello, So, as the title states, I'm wondering about whether there's any real benefit to using an M.2 as an external drive over a traditional SSD/HDD. I'm a graphic designer and am also starting to delve in to Unreal Engine 5 game development and would like to keep my projects on external...

Hello Tom's Hardware, I finally ran out of storage on my ssd, and I would like to put my steam library on another drive. However, I rarely play video games, and the drive is extremely loud. How can I configure my computer to only turn on the drive when I tell it to? I don't mind the noise if I'm...

Hi, might be a dumb question, but I recently bought an external 4k Blu Ray drive to watch movies and install some classic games on, as my PC did not have room for an internal drive. I installed a game, which went fine, but every time I try to launch the game it tells me it can't find the CD-ROM...

I can no longer see the files on my external 1TB drive. When I right click and see properties it's showing that they are still there, 2gb of used space. I tried unclicking "hidden files" on view but this is useless, does not work. Also tried an MBAM and CHCDSK scan but that also didn't come up...