For fans of vintage computers of the 80s and 90s, SCSI can be a real thorn in the side. The stock of functioning hard drives is dwindling, and mysterious termination issues are sure to have you ...

Even though NVMe has been out for over a decade, Windows still classifies these newer, drastically faster storage devices the ...

Microsoft has introduced native NVMe support in Windows Server 2025, calling it a “storage revolution” due to the potential performance gains it delivers. Modern NVMe devices, including PCIe Gen5 SSDs ...

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

Windows 11 users can unlock higher NVMe SSD performance using a hidden Microsoft driver, if they’re willing to tweak.

Early home PCs usually had a floppy disk and a simple hard drive controller. Later, IDE hard drives became the defacto standard. Of course, these days, you are more likely to find some version of SATA ...

Microsoft has officially introduced an NVMe driver for Windows Server 2025 for faster SSD access. Windows 11 also has it.

Xvdd or Xen Virtual Disk D are virtual storage drives or disks used in virtualization environments like games or specific software, facilitating data storage for virtual systems. Small Computer System ...

SCSI (small computer system interface) and ATA (advanced technology attachment) are two standards for connecting storage devices to a computer. Traditionally, ATA was cheaper while SCSI was more ...

When SCSI first appeared on computer systems in the mid-1980s, it was precisely what its name indicated. SCSI – for those of you with an interest in etymology but who lack a sense of history – stood ...

In brief: Solid-state drives afford a wealth of benefits compared to mechanical drives, and now IT admis and hardware enthusiasts clinging to legacy systems have the opportunity to leverage SSD perks ...

When I started working for MacUser magazine in 1993, I was assigned to a gray cubicle with an old Mac IIci inside. (The summer intern didn’t get the latest and greatest.) I don’t know how that was ...