Digital Storage 101

Hard Drive 101 for beginners

Check Out a Hard Drive: How to Use Windows ScanDisk

If you ever need to test the function of your hard drive, then you should learn how to use this great free disk-checking program included with your Windows system.

Seven More Early Warning Signs of a Hard Drive Crash

Here are another seven signs of eminent hard drive failure. If your hard drive is having any of these seven symptoms then you must take immediate action to backup your files…

Seven Early Warning Signs of a Hard Drive Crash

If your hard drive is having any of these 7 symptoms then you must take immediate action to backup your files… “I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.” ~ Isaac Asimov Like the late, great Dr. Asimov said, we shouldn’t worry about computers taking over but be more concerned when they […]

What to Look For In a Replacement Hard Drive

Your hard drive is fading into the West. You hear all manner of grinding sounds coming from it and it’s working slower than an accountant doing an audit. So you grab your wallet and bounce down to the local electronics store to find a replacement.

Broken Hard Drive? How to recover your data files

“Technology… is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ” ~C.P. Snow It’s an accepted fact that hard drives are the weakest link in computer technology. The hard disk is where the operating system and all software applications are stored. Because […]