Choosing The Right Notebook - A Buyers Guide by Harry Love
Notebooks – Finding the Right System to Meet Your Needs A computer is a major purchase and should not be taken lightly, especially if you are purchasing a notebook computer. There are a number of factors that need to be considered before you even get to the store to take a look at what is... If you are planning on handing a lot of data, get a larger capacity hard drive on the other hand if you are only planning on saving things like word files, a higher capacity hard drive may not be necessary.

Pexagon Technology Announces an Affiliate Sales Program by Pexagon Technology
Pexagon Technology, Inc. the leader in making storage personal announces the launch of their affiliate sales program. Aggressive 10% commissions and automatic Paypal payouts with an average sale of $100+. It's never been easier to earn money on the internet while promoting quality brand name... The "Colors" line also features a 2.5" hard drive inside a hi-speed USB enclosure but the Colors line is available in 5 exciting colors with FREE laser engraving. ... Pexagon's Store-It line of portable hard drives feature a "Pro" series boasting a pocket-sized 2.5" Hitachi Travelstar hard drive...

Backing Up Your Files by Bob Rankin
Sooner or later, something terrible will happen to your hard drive. That's not a very happy thought, but the good news is you can survive a hard drive failure with only minimal inconvenience -- if you back up your files. Hard Drives Are Not Forever They can fail without warning, a virus could... * Copy them to a flash drive or external hard drive. ... Look for a drive that supports a USB 2.0 connection, or the faster FireWire hookup if your system supports it. ... But be warned that recovering from a hard drive failure will be a nuisance if you opt to backup only your data files.

DVD Backup: Which Way is the Best? by Artem Chlegov
DVD disk is a quite fragile medium and even despite special protection layer on each disk it is still very easy to damage. Unlike VHS tapes, even dropping the disk or putting it in its box in the wrong way sometime might be enough to scratch it and get reading errors as a result. ... In case if your hard drive is not big enough to store full DVDs and you don't have anything that resembles home movie theatre, the most sensible thing would be to convert DVD to Mpeg-4 format. ... In this case you won't actually have to record anything, as it is possible to watch movies from DVD backups on...

If You Want Flexibility And Portability Consider A Laptop by Gregg Hall
If you are one of those who works with a computer on a daily basis like me you should consider a laptop. I have actually owned three now and I think I would be lost without mine. I still use my desktop PC quite a bit at home but the laptop comes in extremely handy when I am away. ... If you need more space, you can do as I suggested and get a portable drive that will keep you from clogging up your main hard drive. ... I know that I sometimes need to be able to use the same programs that I would normally have on my desktop and thanks to the additional of a 30GB portable drive, I can keep...

Is It Still Good To Share? by Rudy Paredes
5 Easy Steps To Sharing Files and Folders On Your Network Have you heard all the talk about file sharing and still wondering if there are any advantages for you to enable file sharing? If you are anything like me, it takes a lot to change what works just the way it is. ... There are a lot of simple instructions there to help you set up and maintain your home network, deal with firewalls and more benefits of home networking. ... For example, you can enable the following resources for sharing: Folders Files (documents, picture, music and data file in your folders) Hard Drives...

SyncUp – A File/Folder Synchronizer For Windows by Usha Rangaramanujam
SyncUp, a file synchronizer is designed to assist the home and advanced users. The product has a simple and familiar windows explorer type interface for easy file handling. Further, the Scan Results provides a detailed preview of the files for synchronization. ... It allows you to synchronize files or folders from the Source location to Update location of the same hard drive, another hard drive, mapped network or across any removable media and vice-versa. ... It also allows the user to set multiple schedules for a single profile.

Data Loss and Preventative Measures to Avoid It by Brian Cain
Data Loss can be devastating. It could instantly take a small or medium size business from “Open for Business” to “Out of Business” in an instant. On a personal level, it can wipe away weeks, months and even years of critical data where there is no means of accessing or recreating the valuable... A majority of hard drive failures, and data loss resulting from them can be successfully overcome, if proper measures are taken. ... Keep in mind that our business is based upon hard drive failures. ... if possible.

When Your Computer Fails: A Disaster Recovery Strategy for the Home-based Business by Pamela Bruce
If you are self-employed and work from home, you wear several hats, so to speak: you may be the marketing manager, accountant, receptionist or PR person. You are also your own technical support department and therefore responsible for safeguarding your data. ... These hard drives, which connect to your computer via the USB 2.0 or FireWire port (check which port your computer has) have fallen dramatically in price. ... It does not have to be anything as dramatic as storm, fire or flood - an overheated motherboard, a malfunctioning hard drive or a computer virus can be enough.

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... The hard drive is contained in the computer box. ... When I refer to the computer I mean the box that holds all the workings, it usually has several cables attached to it and has drawers to insert CDs or DVDs maybe floppy drives and USB connectors - the main box.