Backup Your Priceless Memories by Greg Duffield
Data loss can be a big problem for any business, but sometimes it’s an even bigger issue for home users. Think about all the family pictures you keep stored on your computer, the e-mails between family and friends, the home videos, etc. In today’s world, most home computers contain data that you... The drive had been making some unusual noises, wouldn’t spin up properly, and was not seen by the system BIOS. ... A gentleman sent his crashed drive into them for recovery, and over the phone, the symptoms he was describing didn’t sound good.

Floppies-The Portables of the Past - YRU Still Using Floppies? by Jack Wilson
Floppy disks have been in use for decades and have served us well. They can hold 1.44 megabytes of information and are more or less infinitely re-writeable. (Till they inexplicably de-format themselves just when you need them most). New computers today are usually sold without floppy drives. ... A USB Flash Drive is utterly rewritable and real handy. ... Just about every computer in the modern world has at least two USB ports so the drive is almost universally usable. ... This is not really a useful portating option unless you want to load up gigantic amounts of data to take from home to...

6 Simple Steps To Add an Hard Drive To Your PC by Ford Fairline
The most popular and probably the easiest upgrade project for PC enthusiasts is still installation of a new hard drive. It's just a matter of time before terabyte-eating applications demands an upgrade to a bigger and faster hard drive. And don't forget video, audio and graphic files. ... All major drive makers pack software with their upgrade kits that prepares the drive for partitioning and formatting and can also copy what's on your current drive to the new one, helping to make the upgrade a breeze.

3 Uses for an External Hard Drive by Erick Charles
An external hard drive is a hard disk drive (much like the one in your computer) that is placed externally, outside of the case. You can buy them pre-made, or purchase a hard drive and an enclosure, and make your own. They came in many sizes, are relatively inexpensive, and are well suited to... This is true in case all of your PC’s hard drive bays are full, and especially if you have a laptop which has only one hard drive bay. ... By using it in this manner, you’ll be able to free up tons of space on your computer’s local hard drive, and you’ll be able to share files with everyone in your...

Computers and Data Storage: How Much Disk Storage Do You Really Need? by Douglas Hanna
Even an “entry level” computer today usually includes an 80GB hard disk for data storage. But if this is an “entry level” computer, does this suggest that you, as an “experienced” computer user, really need more than 80GB on your hard drive? Let's consider what 80GB really translates into. ... First, let's suppose your operating system is XP Home Edition, which takes about 2.91 GB of your hard drive. ... So, I paid extra for a computer with a 160GB drive. ... If you store your photos in the JPEG (.jpg) format, they will probably average about 800 KB each – meaning you should be able to...

Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! by Meryl K. Evans
This is not your typical lost data story. I was a good girl and I kept my files on the network drive just like the company recommended. The only thing I put on my hard drive was junk files - things that wouldn't bother me if the hard drive crashed. But not on the network drive. ... On that drive were two folders: /windows and /log. ... Eventually, I went into File Explorer and accessed my private network drive from there. ... I checked the drive and nothing changed. ... I should've backed up the data onto my hard drive.

Why to Look for Disc Spanning When Choosing Your Home/Office Backup Software by Jonathan Tunn
Fifteen years ago, increasing numbers of people had computers, but their important data consisted of small documents and perhaps a few basic programs. To backup all they needed was several blank floppy discs and a compression utility. Even a "power user" might find themselves with two megabytes... The common backup media for home and office includes CD/DVD discs, dedicated internal drives and external hard drives that exist in capacities over one terabyte (1TB) with fast Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 interfaces.

Data Recovery Procedures for Hard Drives by Stu Pearson
Your computer’s data is at risk. Whether you use a Mac or a PC, viruses, power surges, hackers, human error, natural disasters, hardware failures, and more are real everyday threats. To keep your data safe and sound, you will first need to back up your files on a regular basis. ... If you let a failed hard drive run, it will eventually self-destruct. ... With most computer problems of this nature, at-home instructions can be more dangerous than useful. ... Of course it is ideal to back up data and avoid the complicated process that is data recovery altogether, but even when you take the...

Flash Drives -- Rugged Convenient Productivity Boosters by Samuel Mela
USB Flash Drives are arguably the handiest computer storage device ever invented. They are so small they can hang off a key chain or be embedded into an ink pen. Yet they can easily hold 2 gigabytes or more of data – roughly the equivalent of 1500 floppy disks. ... If you are doing a project that involves a very large number of read/write operations to mass storage it may be best to copy your project from flash drive onto the computer's hard drive, do your work, and then copy your project back to the Flash Drive again.

Computer Training - Computer Repair and Building by Michael Russell
There is no getting around that there are a lot of computers in the world. The percentage of homes alone that now have computers is staggering and with all these computers, some running literally around the clock, there had better be somebody available to repair them when they break down, and... The next thing you will learn is a general overview of the various parts of the computer such as the mother board, power supply, memory chips, hard disk drive and all the peripheral equipment such as CD ROM drives, modems, and floppy disk drives.