Whether you copy your entire computer, or just the most important files, it's essential to have your data backed up.

Connect your hard drive to a Windows computer and it should show up in File Explorer, in the left-hand sidebar. Right-click ...

The Seagate Portable Drive 4TB is one of the best plug-and-play storage solutions, and it's at a terrific price for the ...

Back up important data, use Windows BitLocker or Veracrypt for encryption. On macOS, you'll have to erase your drive to ...

XCOPY is a built-in command-line tool for Windows 11/10 that lets you sync data from one external hard drive to another. It supports one-way sync. To use this tool, first, you need to open Command ...

If you have your external hard drive connected to your computer at all times, it is a good idea to automate the backup process and have the drive back up your data as it changes, or every hour or so.

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Still though, if you’ve ever wanted to use the same external hard drive with both Windows and MacOS, you know how big of a burden this process can be. Incidentally, the term "external hard drive ...