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8 Ways to Protect Your Digital Media

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As humanity becomes ever more reliant on digital media, it is increasingly important for us to find ways to protect our data. There is no doubt that digital media offers many conveniences and saves people a great deal of time, but it does come at a cost. Nothing in this world is permanent, but the [...]

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Formatting a Hard Drive Using the Windows Operating System

April 14, 2011

Formatting a hard drive using the Windows operating system is quite an easy task now days. Over the years technology has granted us easy ways to take care of our own computers, without having to always employee and IT repair guy. I personally love formatting a hard drive regularly to keep my computer running to [...]

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The Five Kinds of Computer Backup Storage

April 9, 2011

There are five kinds of computer backup storage each with its own advantages and disadvantages you should consider. We’ll briefly describe each type of computer backup storage in this article so you can choose the best option for you. I have definitely learned the hard way, over the years, about the importance of backing up [...]

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Different hard drives of a computer

September 4, 2010

What is a hard drive? Often people think a hard drive is their entire computer system as they see it, and others think that it is something hard or solid in the computer. It actually is a storage device inside your computer, and yes, it is hard. . This is hiding inside your computer and [...]

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Computer Questions – Whats the difference between disc and disk?

June 5, 2010

How annoying is it when you have two words that sound the same, have slightly different spellings, but can also sometimes mean the same thing. I came across this problem when I started writing articles about computers and was often confused when deciding which word to use, disc or disk? The problem is that everyone [...]

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Format Windows – How to delete a partition on a hard drive

June 2, 2010

When you format a computer it is always best to start fresh. If it is a new computer then you will have to create a partition, however if it already has windows on the hard drive, you will have to delete it. To delete the previous copy of windows you will need to delete the [...]

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How To Format a Computer Using a Windows XP disc

June 1, 2010

Learning how to format windows xp used to be a task that was reserved for professional IT guys only. Even though I know how to format a computer, it took me a few goes to be comfortable with the process. However now days most computer users will try to repair their computer themselves and even [...]

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Change a partition or hard drive letter in Windows XP

June 1, 2010

Although the drive letters A and B are reserved for floppy disk drives, every other letter in the alphabet is available to be assigned to the hard drives or partitions in a computer. The main hard drive, by default, is always C drive. When you add more hard drives, partitions, or cd drives, Windows Xp [...]

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What is the difference between a partition and a hard drive?

May 28, 2010

People often get confused when it comes to distinguishing between a partition and a hard drive because on the actual computer, viewing them through the Windows Operating system, they look exactly the same. You might have one hard drive that is partitioned into four sections, however in my computer it will appear as four hard [...]

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How to Shrink a Partition on Your Hard Drive

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If you have your hard drive partitioned and want to change the size of the partitions or the amount of partitions you have on your computer, you can. It is still going to wipe your data but if you backup your files to the main partition just while you are shrinking the other partition then [...]

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How to label a new hard drive or partition and assign a drive letter?

May 28, 2010

When you have installed a new hard drive, in order for your computer to recognize it you may need to label the drive by assigning a drive letter to it. So for example if you have installed a second hard drive into your computer, it may need to be labeled so it can be used [...]

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Computer Hardware

May 26, 2010

Drives The different types of computer drives Mouse Ever used a mouse before? Memory What is computer memory. External Hard drive What is it and why do I need one? Disc Formats? What is a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, or a DVD-RW Bluray VS DVD disc Why is bluray better than DVD Hard drive How [...]

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