It's important to back up your critical files on at least a weekly basis. The following explains how to install and run Microsoft's built-in Backup utility in Windows XP.
Time was, you could back up everything on your computer with floppy disks. Today, when one sound or graphics file could well be larger than a disk, it would be difficult to back up even your...
A computer processor, often considered the brains of the machine, has the most significant effect on performance and price. If you want a computer to be able to keep up with technology over the...
For the last several years, most desktop computers have come with CD-ROM drives. If you're adding a drive to an older computer, make especially sure the computer fulfills the drive's system...
When investigating a new or replacement hard disk, consider both capacity and speed.
Zip drives are some of the most popular removable-media storage devices. A lot fits on one disk, the disks are easily portable and the drives are fairly inexpensive.
Should you buy a DVD-ROM drive or is a plain CD-ROM drive enough? Since you can play CDs on a DVD player, you might as well spring for the DVD if the price is similar.
Computer storage drive prices are dropping due to technological improvements, and new alternatives are always in the works. Secondary storage provides you with more room and the possibility of...
Over time, files and applications become scattered in various places on your hard disk. Disk Defragmenter brings these scattered pieces together to improve speed and help prevent errors.
CD-R and CD-RW drives (also called burners or recorders) can make permanent (write-once) recordings on blank CD-R discs. CD-RW burners can also make erasable recordings on blank CD-RW discs. The...
These instructions describe how to connect external, parallel-port CD-R or CD-RW drives (also called CD recorders or burners) to PCs. Internal CD-R or CD-RW drives and external SCSI CD drives have...
These instructions apply to connecting external parallel port Zip drives to PCs. Internal Zip drives and external SCSI or universal serial bus (USB) Zip drives have different connection procedures.
SCSI is one method that peripheral devices, such as disk drives and scanners, can use to communicate with your computer. (Other methods include USB.) To connect a SCSI device to your computer, you...
You can connect an external parallel-port Zip drive to any PC that's running Windows 95 or 98. You can copy files to or from Zip disks.
A SCSI Zip drive is faster than any other Zip drive. Windows 95 or 98 should automatically recognize a SCSI card and devices connected to it.
If you want to format a hard drive while using or installing Windows XP, you've come to the right place. This can be very useful for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a...
Hard disks can be partitioned to run separate operating systems on the same disk, or to break down a disk into manageable chunks for storage. Partitioning is performed on a new or reformatted...
The C drive is typically the start-up drive; however, you can start up the computer with a different drive, such as another hard drive or a CD-ROM drive. You can designate the start-up drive in...
Running out of disk space is a common problem to have if you download a lot of music and movies to your computer. When you need more disk space, it is easier to add a second hard drive than it is...
When more than one hard drive is installed on a computer system, each drive competes for control of the computer. To allow both drives to work in harmony on the same computer system, the...
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