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Computer Upgrade

May 26, 2010

Upgrading your computer usually means that you are replacing a computer component with a part that is either newer, faster, or simply working. It can also mean you are upgrading your software. Computer Upgrade Replace a Hard drive How to replace a hard drive Installing a dvd drive How to install one into your computer [...]

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Windows Stops Responding When You Run Disk Defragmenter

May 26, 2010

Sometimes when you attempt to run Disk Defragmenter in Windows, your computer stops responding and sometimes even shuts down. You are finally doing the right thing by performing much needed computer maintenance, but if this problem is not solved even after you have run Scandisk, then maybe you have a serious error. The disk defragmenter [...]

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Recover emails, files, and data from a crashed hard drive or computer

May 26, 2010

Recovering files from a crashed hard drive or simply recovering data from any hard drive can be lot easier now days as we all have devices and even data recovery freeware available to help us with this task. Everyone I know dreads the day when their computer might crash because they haven’t quite got around [...]

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How to set Jumper Pin settings on a CD rom or hard drive

May 26, 2010

By Mitz Free computer Education When installing a CD/DVD rom drive or even a hard drive, there are some tiny little pins at the back that sometimes need to be adjusted.  If you do not have the jumper in the correct position, your device will not be recognised by the computer. There are three basic [...]

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How to replace a hard drive

May 26, 2010

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to replace a hard drive. Replacing computer components is usually a job for a qualified technician, however you do it yourself. When your computer hardware components, such as your hard drive, dies or you just need to upgrade, don’t pay big dollars for a computer [...]

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How to repair the boot sector by fixing the master boot record (MBR) in Windows XP

May 26, 2010

To repair the boot sector by fixing the master boot record, there is no doubt, you will have to be technically minded to proceed. You can sometimes fix the boot sector of a hard drive and your computer will magically start as normal. Your computer may continually restart, sometimes load the Windows logo screen, or [...]

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How to get into your BIOS and change settings

May 26, 2010

Sooner or later you will have to go into your computers bios and change certain settings and especially if you want to format your computer. The bios is the first piece of software on your computer before the operating system is installed. Without the BIOS you would not have a working computer.  The BIOS (basic [...]

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Computer Troubleshooting

May 26, 2010

Note: If you do not have time to browse through all of the Computer Troubleshooting tutorials to find what you are looking for, simply search for it in the top bar. Warning: Dangerous Way System Administrators Use To Fix Failed Hard Disks 5 Ways to Repair a Black Screen in Windows Live Mail 2011 The [...]

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Computer Buying Tips & tricks for 2010 – desktop or laptop

May 26, 2010

Previously I had written an article on Tips for buying a desktop computer in 2008, however technology has progressed considerably since then, therefore making that information obsolete. In 2009 and 2010 we are all now using our desktop and laptop computers for more and more tasks everyday. Most of us rely on a computer for [...]

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How to Format an External Hard Drive or a Spare Hard Drive

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If you need to format an external hard drive it is a lot easier than formatting a hard drive that is being used to house your main Windows operating system. Your external hard drive might be an old hard drive that you have placed into an external hard drive case for storage purposes, and you [...]

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What to use to Backup your computer files and data

May 24, 2010

Now days there are a few different ways that you can backup your computer files and data. You can backup your data to a CD or DVD, external hard drive, USB flash drive, print it out, store it on a web server, or even on the internet. Backing up your computer files is a very [...]

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How to Defrag Your Computer Hard Drive

May 24, 2010

Learning how to defrag your computer is a very important lesson when using a computer. When you install programs onto your computer the files are scattered all over the place in the closest available space. Therefore it is important that we organize the files that were installed into a logical order. When you defrag your [...]

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