Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.

Your laptop hard drive should run anywhere in the range between 5 and 60 degrees Celsius (40 to 140 Fahrenheit) without experiencing any major issues. Laptop hard drives may run hotter than the ...

You may notice your computer seems to be responding faster and running more smoothly after you've installed a second hard drive. Adding a second hard disk drive to a ...