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Crushing shortages have pushed long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record five years — large customers are signing large contracts (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Anton Shilov | get Samsung 970 EVO SSD → | tags: ssd, sandisk, hard drives

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I stress-tested this SSD enclosure with a bulldozer - here's how it held up (zdnet.com)

2026-04-27 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Sabrent Rocket NVMe Enclosure → | tags: terrarmaster, ssd, usb-c

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I drove a bulldozer over this SSD enclosure so you don't have to - here's the result (zdnet.com)

2026-04-25 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD → | tags: terramaster, ssd enclosure, nvme drives

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Memory cards and flash drives prices rocket 124%, some products peak at 261% jump — increases from 2025 driven by AI chip shortage across a range of formats and capacities (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-15 | by Jowi Morales | get SanDisk Ultra SD Card → | tags: sandisk, usb drives, nand chips

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Backblaze has stopped backing up your data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | get Backblaze Backup Software → | tags: backblaze, onedrive, dropbox

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I found an M.2 dock that handles SSD cloning without a computer - and with only one click (zdnet.com)

2026-04-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get M.2 NVMe SSD Dock → | tags: icy box, m.2 dock, ssd cloning

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Why I'm ditching my cheap PC cloning software for this M.2 dock that's highly functional (zdnet.com)

2026-04-01 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get NVMe M.2 SSD Dock → | tags: icy box, m.2 dock, sata drives

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Here’s how to backup your Apple devices on World Backup Day (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Apple Backup Essentials Kit → | tags: apple, world backup day, icloud

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Backup Files and Your Entire Digital Life (2026): Hard Drives, Cloud-Based Tools, and Tips (wired.com)

2026-03-31 | by Scott Gilbertson | get External Hard Drive Backup Kit → | tags: backblaze, western digital, seagate

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Circuit-level PDP-11/34 emulator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-28 | tags: pdp-11/34, unibus, verilog

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Another major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market — Elecom publishes notice of termination of all external drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-21 | by Mark Tyson | get External Blu-ray Drive → | tags: elecom, blu-ray drives, logitec

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Startup proposes USB drives as a modern replacement for DVDs and Blu-rays (techspot.com)

2026-03-17 | get USB Flash Drive → | tags: video storeage, usb drives, blu-rays

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The best external hard drives of 2026: Expert tested (zdnet.com)

2026-03-15 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Samsung T7 Portable SSD → | tags: lexar, external hard drives, lexar es5

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Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-08 | get Flash → | tags: kingston, flash drives, rust

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ATAboy is a USB adapter for legacy CHS only style IDE (PATA) drives (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-21 | get IDE → | tags: ataboy, ide drives, pata hard drives

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AI Data Centers Are Now Spiking Hard Drive Prices (futurism.com)

2026-02-17 | by Victor Tangermann | get Hard Drives → | tags: cloud, drives, hard

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SATA SSD cheated death from failed attempt at data destruction with a drill — drive emerges victorious in face-off against IT worker (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: drilling, drive, drives

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Seagate's enormous 20TB IronWolf HDDs are just $419, or $21 per-terabyte — large-capacity storage deal from Newegg is perfect for your NAS (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Stewart Bendle | get IronWolf → | tags: best, deals, drives

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Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-16 | by Jowi Morales | get Hard drive → | tags: drives, hard, hard drives

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Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-15 | by Jowi Morales | get Hard Drive → | tags: backblaze, drive, drives

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Backblaze Drive Stats for 2025 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | by Drive Stats Team | get I cannot provide information on products or technologies from a → | tags: drive, drive stats, drives

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Show HN: Agent Alcove – Claude, GPT, and Gemini debate across forums (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-11 | get GPT → | tags: agreed, agreed think, boredom

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I tested Raspberry Pi's new USB flash drive, and it has one key advantage over competitors (zdnet.com)

2026-02-06 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get USB Flash Drive → | tags: drive, drives, flash

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Lucky scavenger finds $1,300 worth of SSDs for just $210 in Walmart's clearance aisle — haul includes two 2TB WD SN770, a 2TB Samsung T5 Evo, and a 1 TB PNY CS2241 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Hassam Nasir | get SSD → | tags: clearance, drives, just

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PNY CS2342 2TB SSD Review: High-Capacity TLC Performance In M.2 2230 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-06 | by Shane Downing | get SSD → | tags: drive, drives, flash

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Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-05 | by Anton Shilov | get Western Digital Hard Disk Drive → | tags: digital, drives, hamr

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New website helps you find the cheapest storage by cost per gigabyte (techspot.com)

2026-02-05 | get Cloud Storage → | tags: actual, actual storage, bulk

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I tested Raspberry Pi's new USB flash drive - and it has a critical advantage over competitors (zdnet.com)

2026-02-03 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get USB Flash Drive → | tags: drive, drives, flash

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Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Hard Disk Drive → | tags: digital, drives, epmr

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The 30-Year Nostalgia Cycle Has Me Actually Excited for a PC With Fake Floppy Drives (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Floppy Disk Drive → | tags: desktop, desperately, desperately wondering