Laptop drive almost full? Need to back up your photos? Desktop-size and portable platter storage has never been cheaper. Our deep-dive reviews help you track down the right external hard drive.

Find your removable drive under Removable data drives – BitLocker To Go and select it. Click Turn on BitLocker to start the encryption process (image shows what it looks like after turning it on).

SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD review Not the most portable drive but great for system backups, giant game libraries, and media storage.

Time Machine lets Mac users easily backup their computer. In this tutorial, learn how to pick a drive and perform your backups automatically.

Video 'CyberGuy' explains how to share files on your Apple devices Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson on how to simply transfer photos and videos between your external hard drive and Apple devices.

The 500GB model of Toshiba's USB external hard drive has a sleek look and diminutive size. But the drive's throughput was nothing to write home about, and the embedded NTI Shadow backup software ...