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The Lexar SL500 is a slim, attractive, and highly portable external SSD with AES encryption, up to 4TB of storage, and blazing speed—the last, if you have the right port to support it.

By Tony Hoffman

Everyone can use some extra room for photos or videos but no one should ever pay full price for it. Score some serious savings on storage even after our fave summer sales event.

By John Burek

Everyone can use some extra room for photos, videos, and games, but no one should ever pay full price for it. Score some serious savings on storage at our fave summer sales event.

By John Burek

Solid-state drives that adhere to the NVMe protocol are the fastest internal storage you can buy. Here's how to choose one with confidence, along with the top NVMe SSD picks from our deep-dive reviews.

By John Burek

Looking to turbocharge an aging laptop? A solid-state drive not only is effective but can be downright cheap. SATA, M.2 SSDs, PCI Express, NVMe: Here's everything to know about laptop SSD upgrades, plus the best drives to buy.

By John Burek  & Tony Hoffman

The PlayStation 5's zippy built-in solid-state drive has only so much room for games. Put a higher-capacity M.2 SSD in the console's free slot with one of our favorite upgrade drives.

By Tony Hoffman

Running out of storage space, or looking for a smart way to back up your Mac? Here's how to choose the best Apple-friendly SSD or hard drive for your needs, plus our top tested picks.

By Tom Brant  & Tony Hoffman

Network attached storage is the most versatile way to store data, but that's just one of the many benefits of buying a NAS device. We've tested the top models: See which will work best for your home or small business.

By John Burek  & John R. Delaney

Everyone can use some extra room for photos, videos, and game playing, but no one should ever pay full price for it. Score some serious savings on storage at our fave summer sales event.

By John Burek

Thanks to the "gumstick" M.2 format, SSDs have been shrinking—and getting a lot faster, too. Here's how to buy the right M.2 SSD, along with deep-dive reviews of today's top models.

By John Burek

Forget about email hackers—what if someone nabs your external drive and all the data on it? Thwart thieves with the strong encryption and security features of one of our top-rated drive picks. (We've tested loads of them.)

By Tony Hoffman

Still booting from a hard drive? These budget-minded solid-state drives will give your poky PC a big speed boost. We've tested dozens; these are the best.

By John Burek  & Tony Hoffman

Dump that poky portable hard drive! External solid-state drives are faster and more affordable than ever. Check out our top-rated SSDs, plus detailed advice on how to buy the right one for you.

By Tony Hoffman  & John Burek

Until last month, more than 1,000 regulations in Japan involved the use of floppy disks.

By Emily Price

Join Generation Flash: Here's everything you need to know to buy the right internal SSD, plus our top picks across all the M.2 and 2.5-inch drives PC Labs has tested.

By Tony Hoffman  & John Burek

Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.

By Tony Hoffman

Safeguard your data and/or increase your capacity, especially if you're in the business of video and photo editing or enjoy playing video games, with an on-sale SSD or HDD.

By Karl Klockars  & Jade Chung-Lee

Frore Systems designed the new waterproof model for phones and action cameras.

By Michael Kan

Sporting a slim profile and quick transfer speeds, this external hard drive is handy both at home or on the go.

3.5

The Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Plus is a four-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that delivers fast file-transfer performance but doesn’t offer the robust app catalog we expect for its high price.

By John R. Delaney