Souped Up Computer Cases by Peter Stewart
The computer case is just the box that the computer stuff is housed in. For all intents and purposes it does very little. It doesn't have to spin around, open or close too often or do many other things. However a well made and designed case can make very obvious and pleasant differences for your... Construction of the case will mean the difference in how much of a beating the case can take, how sturdy it is and how easy parts are to put in. ... Another extra to be considered are mounting brackets for hard drives and optical drives.

Hard Drive Crash Prevention And Recovery Tips by Michael Cottier
The hard drive in our computers right now stores all of our data, and our computer could not function without it. There would be no World Wide Web, email or even an operating system without hard drives. Since hard drives are so important, a hard drive crash is without a doubt the biggest problem... Another way to protect your hard drive from crashes is to purchase a good virus scanner, preferably by McAfee or Norton, and keep protection tools enabled and perform a full system scan of every file on your hard drive once a month.

External Hard Disk Drive: The Best Backup Medium by Yuri Filimonov
Want to backup quickly and easily? Backup to external hard disk drives. As a hard disk is the fastest and largest backup medium you can get, you may want to backup all your important files to an external USB hard drive. You can backup literally everything: your Outlook and Outlook Express files,... You can also store your external hard disk offsite (at a friend's house, a paid locker or specialized fire-proof storage place) in case your information is very important (well, generally, anyone can do that and it can't hurt for sure).

How to Choose a PC Case by Gary Hendricks
One of the most important but overlooked components in your PC is the PC case. Selecting a good PC case is an important step in building your computer, since it determines several things. It determines the number of PC components you can have, as well as how well your system's temperature. ... If you're a computer nut like me, you'll want to fit in a good motherboard, CPU, a couple of hard drives, video card, LAN card, cooling fans, a CD-ROM drive and a DVD writer. ... For the average home or business user, a good, simple case like the Just 4 PC case is recommended.

How to Install a Primary Hard Drive by Gary Hendricks
In this tutorial we learn how to install a primary hard drive. The primary drive is your main drive, not a secondary drive. Installing a secondary drive is similar but you will have to configure your drive differently. Be sure to have your documentation handy at all times. ... Remove the Case and Set Your Drive Jumper The first order of business is to open your computer case so that you can install the hard drive. ... Insert the Drive into Case Once the drive is configured you are ready to insert it into the case.

Hard Drive Data Recovery by Mac McClellan
Hard drive data recovery is the method of recovering data from hard drives when it cannot be accessed in the normal manner. This failure to access the hard drive could be caused by logical damage to the file system or any physical damage that had occurred to the storage device, thereby... Some of the main contexts where hard drive data recovery software could save one from the blues include a formatted drive, deleted file or directory, missing file or directory, drive not booting, inaccessible drive, copying of system locked files like registry hives, damaged or corrupted partition table,...

Tell Me About Computers by Khal Nuwar
So you want to know about computers? The most important thing to remember, if you are new to computers, is not to be afraid of them. They are just another electrical appliance, and unless you do something drastic, I promise you they won't blow up in your face! ... Hard Disks I find hard disks funny, as they aren't really disks in the olden day's sense, originally hard disks were disks made of hard plastic, and floppy disks were floppy if you shook them. ... Once it's on there you can't delete it like you can with your hard drive or floppy disk unless you are using a CD-RW.

DVD As A Hard Drive Backup Solution by Niall Roche
Are you wondering if there's an inexpensive way to backup the data on your hard disk? There is! While DVDs cost a bit more than CDs, they have so much more storage capacity that the extra cash is worth it. Many computers that are on the market today have DVD burners integrated into the computer... If you need a new external hard drive every time you backup your system, you can imagine that the cost will go up fairly rapidly. ... If this is the case for you, then you should make sure that you pay attention to the format of the drive before you buy it.

Hi-Tech Clear Computer Case by Morgan Hamilton
Some folks like a transparent computer case because they enjoy saying the inside of their computer and how all the gadgets work. It could be helpful in repairs or in technical learning, I suppose. Others I would imagine, like it because it's different, sort of an artsy look to it. ... Couple this along with colored hard drives, colored fans and colored wiring, and you can create your own clear computer case customized rainbow. ... If you manufacturer's market an entire package including hard drives, monitors and CD/DVD-Rom drives with the clear computer case.

Hacking a SNAP Server 2200 - How to Replace a Failed Drive by Dean Novosat
I had a Snap Server 2000 with 2x250GB hard drives in it. The drives were set to mirror for data redundancy. Luckily, I did as after about 18 months, one of the drives failed! Had this been setup as a stripe, all the data would have been lost. (I know all about drive failure so the SNAP Server... What I discovered from research is that the SNAP Server will boot off the mirrored drive (bottom drive) but it won't rebuild a new drive from there! ... In my case the command was co de config mirror 10000 10010 (This step mirrors the drive with data to the drive without data.) 5.