Linux Training - Linux Installation Help - How To Install the Linux OS from a New Linux Download by Clyde Boom
You can install Linux from CD or DVD onto a new computer system. This will allow you to learn how to use Linux to get real, practical Linux training and experience. In this article, we're talking about a new system that doesn't already have an operating system (like Windows) on it. ... Let the Linux OS Install on Your Hard Disk After you specify the Linux installation settings and create one or more new Linux users, the installation routine will copy the Linux OS and Linux software programs onto the hard disk in the system, and then reboot.

Increase Your System Performance with a few Basic Windows XP Tweaks by Kristopher Mainieri
Windows XP is currently the most popular operating system for personal computers and comes in two broad categories--XP Home and XP Pro. XP home is designed for home users who do not need the more heavyweight corporate applications such as a web server but still require a scalable and reliable... Hard drives become fragmented when application programs save different parts of files in different places on your hard drive. ... The single most important thing you can do to ensure to WinXP performance is to make sure that your computer is free from viruses, trojans, spyware, and other pieces of...

Partitioning, Formatting and Reinstalling in Windows 98 by Ashish Jain
Formatting and reinstalling windows 98 is very easy if you have the right know-how. This article will discuss how to format, partition and reinstall windows 98 on your PC. Before going ahead and doing this, it is important to be comfortable with the terms format, partition and file systems. ... Instead of booting from the hard disk, your computer will now boot from the floppy and a menu will appear. ... * If you have a partitioned hard disk and you do not plan to format a particular drive then back up all your data there.

Common Problems Why Hard Disks Crash by Pinky Mcbanon
There are so many reasons why your hard disk may crashed: (1) It may be caused by mechanical or physical problem such as the spindle motor system failure. This failure is usually caused by over-heating. The activity light flashing that you see on your CPU (central processing unit) indicates... HINTS: (1) If you see the activity light flashing but the computer does not boot, the case may be, your files is still intact on the hard drive but becomes inaccessible -- this may be because of logical system failure.

Device Driver Basics by Stephen Bucaro
Most people understand that the "hardware" part of their computer is the real physical parts, like the keyboard, mouse, modem, hard drive and so on. They understand that the "software" is computer bits stored on the hard drive, CD-ROM, or other storage media. ... If it's your home computer and you performed a back-up recently, go ahead and install the unsigned driver. ... If your computer has problems with the new drive, you can click on the "Roll Back Driver" button to roll back to the previous the driver.

Windows Vista Repair by Jacob Erdei
Now that just about everyone knows how to use the XP Recovery Console Microsoft’s newest OS does not contain one. Not to worry we have a detailed article that will walk you through how to use these great new features in Vista. The Purpose of this article is to teach you how to make vista repairs... There are two ways to use these options and they depend on if you have a Windows Vista install disk or if Vista was pre-installed on your OS you will have a ghost image on your hard drive. ... On the install screen select “Repair your computer” 5.

Windows Networking by Justin Oswald
Windows Networking at Home You’ve set up a home network and all your computers share the same internet connection. That’s great, but now lets get everything else sharing. Modern versions of Windows are shipped with an easy to setup and use method for sharing printers and files. ... Sharing a file is as simple as right-clicking the drive or folder in My Computer that you wish to share and selecting Sharing and Security… You can even share your entire hard drive by right-clicking your C drive.

Backup-Backup-Backup by Michael Kaye
Why Do I Need To Backup My Computer? The question is this. If your computer happened to up and die one day and you lost all the information on it, would this affect your mood that day? If your answer was no then you would be one of the few that doesn’t need to Backup their computer. ... Some Situations Where Computer Data Can Be Lost: Hard Drive Failure. ... For example a computer that was lost or stolen would be hard to recover any information unless the actual computer was recovered and had not been reformatted or erased.

Choosing a Computer Case by Matthew Thompson
ATXPowerSupplies.Com writes this article on "choosing the right computer case for your computer" to help you in your decision making process. There are literally thousands of computer cases on the market which sometimes makes choosing the right computer case quite a task. ... In most applications where the computer is set in open space the fans in the power supply and on the cpu are enough to cool the computer. ... Be sure to pick a computer case that fits inside whatever space you have designated for your computer.

Computer Parts Sales by Ken Marlborough
Before you purchase any computer parts, whether you are building your own computer or fix the one you have, be sure that you know what you are purchasing. You need to do some research in order to make the right choices in selecting the correct computer parts, installing them correctly, properly... If you are building your own computer, you will need the following parts: * Computer Case - Function * Computer Case - Selecting * Power Supply * Processor(CPU) along with the Heatsink/Fan * Motherboard * Hard Drive * Memory * Keyboard and Mouse * CD Drive * Floppy drive * PCI Cards *...