What Is Clean Room Recovery by James Walsh
The objective of a clean room is to create air that is as pure and uncontaminated as possible by constantly removing pollutants that may occur naturally or be generated by humans, machinery, equipment and processes. Apart from the contaminants, factors like humidity, temperature and pressure may... An invisible spec of dust inside a hard disk drive or a silicon chip can cause a “kill defect” that will render them useless, while contaminants inside a Petri dish can make gene therapy go wrong. ... Clean room recovery covers the following areas: Hard Disk Recovery - A computer hard disk...

Basic Troubleshooting - and I mean BASIC! by Tony Stockill
No doubt you have seen and had a laugh at stories by Help Desk operators. The user who thought the CD drive was to hold his coffee cup, and other amusing tales. I don't know if this is an urban myth or not, but in my experience of tech support and helpdesk operations, users are mostly... This is not the 'Hard Drive' as some refer to it. ... The hard drive is contained in the computer box. ... The BSOD, the corrupted hard drive, etc. ... This will tell you if you have a bad cd or a bad drive or driver.

Strategies to Maximize the Life of Your Mac Hard Drive by Alex Bezborodov
Although Macs are often deemed the most user-friendly computers, many Mac users do not know much about computer maintenance. This is because Mac OS cleverly hides all the cumbersome applications it runs to keep the system secure and healthy. Unfortunately, while this maintains Apple’s signature... Be SMART, Monitor your hard drives SMART stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology and allows you to run diagnostics on your hard drive to determine if a failure is imminent. ... If you see “SMART status” but do not see “Verified”, your drive may be at risk of imminent failure.

Mac Data Recovery Explained by Stu Pearson
HPS and HFS+ are the Apple Macintosh systems for referencing stored data and hard drives. HFS and HFS+ data recovery methods are uniquely adept for Apple and are not to be confused with NTFS and “fat file” systems, used by Microsoft. So what are some examples of errors that might require data... - Unreadable disks - General disk errors - No Volume (or Volume that isn’t HFS) - An uninstalled drive - Computer cannot find the directory - Internal file system errors - Flawed master directory block - Non-Macintosh disks - Improper file names - Segment Loader Error If you use a Mac,...

Data Security - Having Piece of Mind by Bart Samuri
Data security is a very important part of a successful computer involved business. It is essential to keep vital data secured in order to have piece of mind. Backing up data and having dedicated computers running just to store data are great ways to maintain data security. ... How a hard drive works is a complicated process, but if you know that when you delete data off a hard drive, it doesn’t disappear, its still there, but it is ready to be written over. ... If you happen to wipe a hard disk clean, there are ways to recover that lost data.

Recent Studies Show that 9 out of 10 PCs Are Infected with Spyware by Jason Frovich
Spyware and malware are large problems for Internet users today and can be both annoying and a real threat to you and your computer. There exist a number of different spy and malware of which some are relatively friendly and only spies on your surfing habits, while others like the Trojans can be... More unusual problems connected with spyware and Trojans are the corruption of the hard drive, the loss and exposure of private information and login information and in a worst case scenario, the theft of the identity of the owner of an infected computer.

How to Become a Data Recovery Expert by Nic Ricciuti
A data recovery expert is capable of retrieving lost data caused by damaged hard drives and by human mistakes. Data loss is a problem that everyone always has to contend with. Data loss can either come suddenly or may be the result of accidental operation. ... If you have already created a back up of your documents, try to practice restoring your drive even when you do not need to. ... Always make it a point to also clean tape and optical drives by using special cleaning devices. ... Have all your data and software well organized in case a data recovery expert has a use for them.

Top 3 Things to Optimize Your Computer by Stephen Douglas
Before you run out and buy a new computer because your current one is too slow, do these three things. Surprisingly few seek out to upgrade or give their computer a tune-up. Investing a little time and money will produce results you will find worth the invested time to do. ... Go to AusLogic and download their "Disk Defrag" (auslogics.com) This free utility will take the files on your computer and arrange them in order so the hard drive does not have to work as hard to get all the information in the computer files.

Repair Windows Errors by Gary Bracken
Can I Repair Windows Errors Manually? Well, there have been entire books written on the that very subject! And the answer is probably yes in most instances, but repairing windows errors can certainly be a long and tedious process, especially for those who just want to get on with their business... If you don't mind reformatting the entire hard drive, and have no critical data on your PC, then you can simply reinstall windows. ... How to repair windows by fixing registry problems To safely and effectively clean your registry we recommend using a Registry cleaning product.

Windows 98 Repair by Michael Baker
For the last 2 weeks, the IT department has had my laptop at work, and I have had to make use of the spare computer in the corner. We usually have temps work on this computer, so there is no telling how long it has been since anyone had done some real computer maintenance to it. ... That cleared up some hard drive space, and reduced clutter. ... So, I went ahead and started with some basic cleaning. ... There were over 500 errors on this machine. ... The other thing I knew I could for my Windows 98 repair was a registry scan and repair.