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USB 3.0 is definitely faster at the as-designed level. USB 1.0 maxes out at 12 megabits per second (mbps). USB 2.0 is good for 480 mbps. And USB 3.0 can go as fast as 5,000 mbps. That means that you might expect a USB 3.0 external hard disk drive to transfer data 10 times faster [...]
World Backup Day – a day to remember to backup your computer
by Marshall Brain | March 24, 2011
We’ve talked before about the importance of backing up your computer: Have you backed up your hard disk lately? How To Backup Your Hard Disk Now there is a day of the year that is dedicated to remembering to backup your computer – World backup Day on March 31: WorldBackupDay.net This article gives you some [...]
Have you backed up your hard disk lately? How To Backup Your Hard Disk
by Marshall Brain | November 23, 2010
Last week we had a tragedy in the Brain household. Our “main” hard disk died. We have six people in our family, and a total of seven computers on our network. The hard disk in the “main computer” died. This is a tragedy because the “main computer” is the one that houses all of our [...]
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