If you only plan on using the USB drive on Windows devices, I'd use NTFS. Otherwise FAT. Formatting stuff should be pretty much the same on any computer. If you do a quick format, it will be quick ...

I have an external USB disk that sometimes isn't recognized when I plug it back in. It has a Time Machine partition and an exFAT partition. When it's not recognized, one or both of these shows up in ...

Booting up your PC using USB drives is useful. It allows you to reinstall your Windows, deal with easy system restores, and more. But what if bootable USB is not detected in Windows 11/10? This can be ...

There was a time when physical media dominated everything that we did on computers. You’d find yourself rushing to a computer lab to insert a floppy disk to print your report in the late 1990s and ...

External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your device is not detected by Windows or macOS. Backing up your data is important.

When you’re troubleshooting your computer or installing a new operating system, you may need to “boot from a disc” or USB device (like an external hard drive or flash drive). Here’s what that ...