CD Archive Catalog Maintenance by Yuri Nachitov
Who needs what? These tips can be useful for CD and DVD collectors, archive owners, music and movies funs. If you keep hundreds or thousands of disks – you need some plan to manage the heap. Here it is. Goals Organizing a huge disks collection. Finding the information that you are looking for. ... You can select from a several choices: Write the disk code on box or paper cover (with marker or pencil); Print out the disk stickers (from CD database with CD Cover utility) and attach them to disk boxes; Print out the disk envelope with full disk information and use it instead of an original...

Hard Drive Recovery Software by Eric Morris
The data on a computer hard drive is very important. And when a hard disk drive crashes, we feel like we are losing our heart. Fortunately, there are many ways to recover the data. Data recovery software solutions are available on the market. These software solutions can be used by individuals... The disk recovery utility generally examines the inaccessible or malfunctioned hard disk drive for damage and corruption, corrects it if possible and recovers the data. ... These hard disk recovery software solutions provide data or file recovery utilities which help users in recovering important...

Repair Your XP - Re-Assemble Your Files! by Tony Buel
Most Windows users will notice that as time goes on their system seems to get slower and slower. This in not an illusion! This system slowdown is real and can be quite annoying. But there is something you can do which should be a part of your routine maintenance. ... There is a utility called the 'Disk Defragment utility which is built right into the operating system which can correct this kind of problem. ... Then click on each successive menu option: Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Defragmenter After the 'Analyze' button has been clicked, the Disk Defragmenter...

Knowing Your Hard Drive - A Guide to Data Recovery by Tony Roberts
Hard drives are usually reliable devices that store all your important files and data. Today’s Information Age runs on data, making the storage of such worth its weight in gold. However, no matter how evolved this technology has become, these media devices are still prone to serious errors that... Symptoms of an impending crash include frequent disk error messages, the disk not showing during start up, garbled information regarding the disk when analyzed, and weird clicking or whirring sounds. ... You can, however, gauge and maintenance your hard disk by running a check disk utility to...

Condoms for Your PC - Disk Cleanup by Tim Flynt
The objective of good PC Maintenance is to keep the PC operating efficiently with minimal disruption. A part of that process is to keep the PC as free as possible of extraneous data. One way to do that is to run the disk cleanup utility that is a part of the Windows operating system. ... I encourage you to use this utility and to follow it with a disk defragmentation. ... For more information, check this Microsoft web page: "How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP" at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315246 Select what you wish to be processed by the...

4 Easy Ways to Speed Up A Sluggish PC by Donnie Schexnayder
Computers are supposed to speed up our productivity…to help us do more in less time. What do you do when your computer is running so slow that it’s keeping you from getting your work done? Before you kick it to the curb, try these easy, do-it-yourself suggestions to help your system run &... Most recent versions of Windows include a nice utility called “Disk Cleanup” that does just what the name suggests…it cleans up your disks! ... Fortunately, Windows includes a utility to deal with this: it’s called “Check Disk”.

Condoms for Your PC - Defragmentation by Tim Flynt
Will defragmentation protect my PC from malware? Probably not. So why do it? Do it to keep your PC running as efficiently as possible. WHY DEFRAG - The objective of a process of "PC Maintenance Management" is to keep the PC operating efficiently with minimal disruption. ... Run a disk cleanup and a disk defragmentation frequently. ... WHAT ELSE - It is a good idea to run a disk cleanup before you run a disk defrag. ... While you can run the disk defragmentation and do other processes at the same time, you should avoid doing so - particularly if you are writing to or deleting from the disk.

The True Value of Hard Drive Data by Jeffrey Meier
Hard Drives store most important data of a computer, including the system files. At times, due to various reasons, the drives fail. This causes serious issues as one may loose all the data on disk. A hard drive crash may cause terrible financial losses as well. ... Common hard drives from which data can be recovered are: • Standard IDE Hard Drives • SCSI Disk Drives • Portable Drives • Removable Storage Devices • Hotswap Drives • Micro Drives • Multi Disk Raid Arrays • Pocket Drives • External ATA & SATA Drives Most common drive failures are: • Hard drive clicking or...

Condoms for Your PC – Backup Your Data by Tim Flynt
Backup is important and it is usually ignored. It is ignored until some malware wipes out a critical document, a power surge burns the PC, or you look away for a minute at the airport and find your laptop is missing. Let's look at what you can do to prepare for such a catastrophe. ... One option is to use RAID 1 technology called "disk mirroring." It means that you make changes to two disk drives at once. ... For critical situations, you might wish to do both "disk mirroring" and a copy to an external disk drive.

Secure Delete Programs by Gordon Ansell
There was a recent news item on the BBC about how criminal gangs are paying $15 for old hard disks with the express purpose of 'stealing' the data on it, even if the hard drive has had a reformat. Windows, in its infinite wisdom, doesn't actually delete anything. ... One guy had done a reformat of his hard disk and thought he'd deleted all his data, yet the reporter was able to tell him all his bank account details from the stolen hard disk. ... To do this, we usually have to find some sort of third party secure delete utility.