Are you unable to delete files from your external hard drive on your Windows computer? If so, this post will help you resolve the issue. How do I delete files from my external hard drive? You can ...

When users copy files to some destinations other than the boot drive, they might get multiple files created, some of which can be invisible for some operating systems but visible in others. For the ...

Spotlight, the automatic file index and search utility on your Mac, automatically indexes files on external drives for searching. When you connect an external hard drive to your computer, files on the ...

An external hard drive is a piece of equipment that can be connected to your computer to increase its storage space. Unlike the hard drive that's installed in your computer, an external hard drive is ...

Windows 8's built-in search function is pretty good at finding individual files and all the other files that share the same name. However, it does not do a good job of clearly flagging identical files ...

On an external drive, the delete key is more of a suggestion than a final verdict. Files that appear to vanish from a USB stick, portable SSD, or backup hard drive often linger in the background, ...

Doing some manual backups from an old desktop, Windows 7 with spinning rust. It's so old it doesn't even have USB 3.0. The external drive is a 1TB Samsung T5, powered by the USB2.0 ports. Before ...