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Best Hard Drives 2025: Our top HDD picks for desktop PCs, NAS, and more
By Paul Alcorn last updated
We recommend the best hard drives for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

Seagate achieves a whopping 6.9TB storage capacity per platter in its lab
By Aaron Klotz published
Seagate is squeezing as much capacity out of its HAMR technology as it can

Save 36% on this huge 16TB WD external hard drive for Black Friday
By Ben Stockton published
Deals This WD Elements 16TB external hard drive is on sale for Black Friday for just £258.99, saving you a huge 36% on its usual price.

HDDs on backorder for two years as AI datacenters trigger shortage
By Hassam Nasir published
The AI boom might help QLC overtake TLC in the next two years.

WD launches investigation into problems with its SMR hard drives
By Sunny Grimm published
SMR haters have years of wariness towards the hard drive tech vindicated.

Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
By Hassam Nasir published
Not the flash upgrade they were hoping for...

Toshiba touts industry-first 12-disk HDD stacking technology, will pair with microwave-based recording tech
By Mark Tyson published
Toshiba claims it is the first to “verify 12-disk stacking technology,” while its HDD rivals flounder with 10 or 11.

Get massive, speedy HDD storage with Western Digital's 22TB WD Red Pro at just $400
By Hassam Nasir published
Deals Good old dependable NAS.

IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today
By Mark Tyson published
This massive stacked magnetic disk design earned the nickname the ‘baloney slicer.’

Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD review: laser-powered HAMR recording tech revitalizes the enterprise HDD market
By Shane Downing published
The Seagate Exos M sets a new record for single drive capacity with new technology for extra power savings. However, the tech feels like more of the same in performance terms.
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