5 Tips On Using Data Recovery Software by Alvin Toh
Data recovery software can be used to correct errors in hard drives that result in data loss. There are many brands of data recovery software on the market today. Some are simple shareware utilities, while others are full commercial products. Here are 5 tips on using data recovery software. ... Data recovery software and boot drive If your boot drive has crashed, you may be unable to start up your operating system in order to run the data recovery software. ... You can try booting up your computer from a CD-ROM, purchase a new hard drive and install your operating system on it, or you can...

What to Do Once You Are Infected with Spyware, Ad-ware or Viruses by Mark Berger
What to do once your PC is infected with spyware, ad-ware or viruses So you've been running a virus program. Or you haven't. (Check my previous article on keeping your computer at top speed by using Avast). Either way, your PC is now infected by spyware/ad-ware, or even worse, a virus. ... Don't forget to enter your BIOS/CMOS and change your boot sequence so your cd-rom drive boots before your hard drive. ... Should you turn on your PC and the infestation is so bad (and some of them are) you need to format, simply slide a windows xp cd you've either bought or burned into your rom drive,...

10 Tips to SPEED Up Your PC by Rohit Tokhi
1. Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications. 2. Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM. 3. Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than... This will free up a lot of space on your hard drive and rearrange the files so that your applications run faster. ... Always make two partitions in your hard drive. ... Windows uses all the available empty space in C drive as virtual memory when your Computer RAM is full.

How To Format A Hard Drive by Brian Maroevich
Here's how to format a hard drive (Legal Stuff: We are not responsible for any damages, lost data, or anything of the sort)... If you have a computer, you surely know what a hard drive is. If you don't have one, or simply don't know what a hard drive is, then this article will begin with a short... The computer can now boot from the hard drive without a boot disk in the floppy drive. ... This message is to indicate that the files required to boot your computer from the hard drive have been copied from the floppy to the hard drive.

Trouble-shooting Hard Drive Problems - Part 1 by Sarah Lake
It is extremely important not to make or write any changes to data on the hard drive without first verifying the hard drive configuration. Therefore, the first priority when unable to access information on a hard drive is to verify all of the configuration information dealing with the suspect... Partition Parameter Value or Equation Partition Status Bootable Starting Head 1 Starting Sector 1 Starting Cylinder 0 Partition Type Bigdos (drives greater than 30 MB), otherwise DOS 12 Ending Head Total Number of Heads -1 Ending Sector Sectors per Track displayed in Volume Boot Sector...

Be Smart: Partition Your Drive by John H Lee
Being in the computer field for some years, I've seen many people being afraid to save data on their computers. People are so paranoid, but don't really know what to do unless they're willing to spend a little time to learn about the box with a cup holder built into it (CD ROM tray)=0). ... Another good practice is to buy an external hard drive, Zip, or a tape drive depending on how large your data is, to have extra backup just in case, which is rare but does happen, the partition gets corrupted and the Logical drive is no longer there.

How to Change, Upgade or Remove an IDE Hard Drive by Mark Berger
Hard drives - Hard drives are a little more complicated. First off, you have to know what you want to do with the hard drive. By this, I mean either you want it set to either SLAVE or MASTER. If you want to boot from the hard drive (load windows or whatever other OS off it) then you want it to... If you're putting a new drive in as master, then you need to take the cable running right to your old HDD, detach it, and connect it to the new master HDD. ... Connect this to the new slave hard drive, but don't disconnect the cable from your other HDD.

The Death of Windows by Stephen Bucaro
I have always regretted how Microsoft price gouges and rips off computer users. I really regret Windows XP activation. I have always intended to convert to Linux, but it isn't easy for a Windows user since version 3.0. Recently, I purchased the book "Moving to Linux" by Marcel Gagne. ... It took a while for Linux to boot from the 52X CD-ROM drive, but then Windows 2000 also takes forever to boot on this machine. ... "Knoppix" is a special version of Linux that you can run entirely from your CD drive.

A White Paper on "Cannot Delete File: Cannot Read from the Source File or Disk" by Scott Best
Recently I had a program cause a problem with; well I’m not sure exactly what. But it created a file folder that absolutely could not be deleted no matter what I tried. I tried to rename it, to move it, to delete it, from safe mode, from administrator safe mode, nothing worked I spent hours and... If you are not sure how to boot into safe mode, a rule of thumb is to restart the system and tap the F8 key as soon as the boot sequence begins, usually until you hear system beeps that signal keyboard errors.

A List of Essential Tools You Should Have When Working on a PC by Gary Hendricks
So here's a short list of essential tools you need to have when working on a PC. Remember to bring them along - you will most certainly have an easier time when working on that PC of yours. A computer tool kit for PC maintenance Philips Screwdriver Gosh, this is the most important tool for... Windows Installation CD and Boot Disk Many people forget that the original Windows installation CD and its accompanying boot disk is a very important toolkit for a computer enthusiast. ... The boot disk, on the other hand, is very useful if the computer fails to boot up.