Computer Drives & Storage

How to make your USB flash drive last longer

By desolator144

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It's sad but true that USB flash drives eventually fail. So far 2 have failed for me. It's all because the silicon layer inside the chips eventually breaks down after a while. But luckily there are simple ways to prevent your flash drive from ... more »

How to Open a DVD Door Without Turning on the Device

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You went to bed last night with that DVD you rented still resting in the player. Now you're ready to return the disk, but the machine won't power up, and you can't get the door to slide open. You can retrieve the DVD without breaking the machine... more »

How to Organize Data on an External Disk

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External drives provide an excellent way to save valuable data and secure it for future use. They come in a variety of sizes, ranging from 512MB thumb drives to massive 2TB hard drives, allowing you to find the size that's just right for your ... more »

How to Properly Hold a DVD

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Digital video discs, or DVDs, provide optical data storage on a thin polycarbonate disc that can be read by a laser in a DVD player or a computer. Because the shiny surface can be marred with fingerprints and smudges, it is important to hold a ... more »

How to Properly Install a CD/DVD Drive

By dhinkle

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Installing a CD/DVD is extremely easy and only requires a couple of minutes. DVD drives are really inexpensive these days so I would recommend a DVD drive over CD... more »

How to Protect Private Data on USB Flash Drive

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USB flash drives make it easy to carry your data with you and to use it on any computer. However, carrying private data on your USB flash drive is also risky, because tiny flash drives are easily mislaid, lost, or even stolen. Taking proactive ... more »

How to Protect Your Computer or Laptop

By Naz Ir

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You've made that investment with a healthy amount of cash out of pocket to show for it. Now, you need to know how to protect your computer or laptop, especially when you're traveling... more »

How to Quick Format a Drive or Removable Media in Mac OS 9

By MattLax

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There's a quick and simple method for formatting a drive or removable media, such as a floppy disk or USB flash drive, in Mac OS 9... more »

How to Reformat a Hard Drive

By Flipper1975

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If you want to reformat a hard drive and make it clean or wiped. I recommend using a free tool called kill disk. You can download the CD image for free which will make you a bootable CD. Get it at http://www.killdisk.com. Follow the instructions ... more »

How to Reformat Your Hard Drive (on a Windows-Based Machine)

By Diana Monda Dill

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Almost all the data that you save to your computer is stored on its hard drive. The operating system is also stored to the hard drive. By reformatting your hard drive, you permanently erase all the data that is stored on it. This may be the only ... more »

How to Remove a Stuck Tape from a Tape Drive

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Nothing is more frustrating than running into a problem you can't solve on your computer. Whether it be your high speed connection or software, advice is invaluable in our moment of desperation. If you are halted in your efforts by a tape stuck ... more »

How to Remove the Back Art From a CD Case

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Removing back art from CD cases may seem difficult at first, but with a little practice, patience and strength, you can take apart your CD case and retrieve the back art. Whether you want to re-use the CD case or use the back art somewhere else, ... more »

How to Replace a CD Case

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Broken and lost CD cases are the bane of every music lover's existence. Fret not-read the suggestions below for some creative ways you can replace your CD cases. Printer paper, duct tape and other materials elevate CD cases to an art form... more »

How to replace a cdrom drive

By microsoftbuster

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Is your computers CD drive bad you will learn how to replace your computers CD drive in this article... more »

How to Reuse or Recycle Used Computers and Electronics in New York

By Alexia Petrakos

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Did you know that in February of 2008 New York City passed a bill that will fine residents throwing electronic devices in the trash starting in 2010? Not only that but it's illegal in most states to toss out electronics and computers because of ... more »

How to Save an Image on a Computer to a Memory Card

By April Hall

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Saving images from you computer to an outside memory source allows you to share your photos or other images with family, take them to get prints or simply to secure them from any possible computer meltdown... more »

How to save movies in an economic way

By ConOsW

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Downloading movies is an easy task but then what, are you going to fill up your hard drive? Each movie occupies 700mb of memory on average. If you can afford you can buy an external hard drive but what about people who can't really afford one or ... more »

How to Secure Files With Mac OS X Disk Utility

By Alexia Petrakos

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We all probably have sensitive information stored on our computers, readily available for anyone to see. To get a handle on information that can be dangerous in the wrong hands, Mac OS X's Disk Utilities allows you to create a Disk Image, fit to ... more »

How to securely erase a hard drive on your Mac

By marcain

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This will show you how to securely erase a hard drive so that you can safely sell the drive or your computer without worrying about someone recovering your data... more »

How to Securely Erase Data From a Mac Hard Drive

By Alexia Petrakos

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When you move an item to the Trash and click "Empty Trash," your data is still recoverable. Even when you reformat a hard drive the right person can still dig up some of those personal files. The best way to securely erase data is to write over ... more »

How to Set Up a Home-Based Web Server

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With a home-based Web server, you can host your own Web site, file server or blog on your own terms. Follow these steps to set up your server... more »

How to Store Data Files on Your Creative Zen Player

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Storing data files on your Creative Zen player will allow you to transport necessary documents to and from the office and home for associate meetings. You can also use this feature when in college classes to transport important information from ... more »

How to Store Floppy Disks

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Floppy disks would seem to be on the edge of extinction, thanks to the greater storage capacity available on CD's and flash drives. Yet millions of floppy disks are sold each year. One reason could be simplicity. Floppy disks are still one of the ... more »

How to Swap Out a Hard Drive

By MidniteWriter

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A computer hard drive is a small silver box that holds all the information for Windows. It also contains the software installed on the machine. This is considered computer hardware. There are many reasons why one would want to replace or "swap ... more »

How to Synchronize a Home Test Bed Server With a Live Hosting Account

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As you develop new ideas on a collaborative project, you may need to synchronize your home test bed server periodically with your live hosting account. This lets you provide everyone on a project with the same information in one fell swoop ... more »

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