Articles on Computer Drives & Storage

How to Backup Data From a Dead Computer to a New One

By MidniteWriter

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Your data does not have to die with your hard drive! Try these steps to help the process of retrieving your precious documents, pictures and work! (This article assumes the hard drive is still accessible, in working condition)... more »

How to Burn a CD

By Tajuana

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You have a CD burner in your computer, but have no idea how to burn a CD, well here's how... more »

How to Choose a Flash Drive

By eHow Computers Editor

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Flash drives are considered the best personal storage devices, as they are portable, fast and durable. Flash drives offer storage capacity ranging from 32 MB to 2 GB. They are Mac and PC compatible and can hold most types of data. Flash drives ... more »

How to Choose Which Drives to Index in Windows Vista

By Sean Arenas

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Have Windows Vista? Does it access your hard drive more often and for longer than you like, for reasons you can't explain? Does your computer index files you don't want searched through your searching tool (such as backups)? This video will ... more »

How to connect an external hard drive

By emmabushyo

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Are you thinking about buying an external hard drive to safely store photos or music? Need extra space on your computer? Or have you already bought the hard drive and are now scratching your head on how to set it up? Its easy... more »

How to Convert a DVD to be Compatible With YouTube

By Aimee30

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This is how to convert home DVD movies to be compatible with Youtube. It is not for use with copyrighted materials you do not have permission to upload... more »

How to Copy Data From One Hard Drive to Another

By faust0matic

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Copying data from one drive to another is not that difficult. This article should help you with installing a secondary (slave) internal hard drive in your PC and explain how to move files from one to the other. I kept it as basic as possible. ... more »

How to Copy Data From One Hard Drive to Another

By misswuwu

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Copying information to another hard drive is easy following these few simple steps without extra software... more »

How to Digitally Label Your USB Flash Drive With Your Information?

By Cric

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Have you ever Lost your USB Flash Drive on shared computers in your office or school? This little tip will show you how you can label your USB flash drive with your name and phone number (or any other personal information), so that you may have ... more »

How to Email Data to a New Computer

By AbbyNormal

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You buy a new computer. So how do you transfer all your stuff from the old to the new? Here is a VERY EASY way to do this... more »

How to Fix Bad Sectors on a Hard Disk

By keshiamack

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How to check and repair bad sectors on a hard disk... more »

How to Hook Up an External Hard Drive

By hqi777

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Have you ever needed to hook up an external hard drive to back up schoolwork, music, games, etc? In this article you'll learn how to hook up an external hard drive to your computer... more »

How to Install a DVD Burner on a Computer

By eHow Computers Editor

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Installing a DVD burner is considered a simple task. Most of the DVD burners come with a manual that inform you about the installation process. Make sure you pick up the right tool kit before you install an internal DVD Burner... more »

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 Replace a DVD ROM

By MidniteWriter

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Is the DVD ROM in your computer in need of replacement? Or, do you wonder what it would take to replace your CD-RW with a DVD drive? Then read on for some simple ideas of what it would take to replace a DVD ROM... 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 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 Transfer Data on an Old Laptop to a New One

By Cougar1002

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In transferring data from one laptop to another, there is more than one approach to doing it. In this article, I'm going to assume that both laptops have either USB or USB2 slots to connect cables. Firewire is also an option, though fewer ... more »

How to Transfer Data to a new Laptop using CDs

By clark711

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Now that you have yourself a new laptop, you need to transfer your old data and files from your old one to your new one. This is not too difficult, and here is the best way I know to do this process... more »

How to Troubleshoot a CD-R Drive

By eHow Computers Editor

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When it works right, a CD-R drive provides a great way to back up data and burn audio CDs. When it acts up, it can seem like an expensive device for converting blank CDs into cheap DCs (drink coasters). Although it can be tough to pin down the ... more »

How to Use Paragon Partition Manager

By Naz Ir

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Paragon Partition Manager is the software to use when it comes to repartitioning your hard drives. Here are the steps involved with doing so... more »

How to write and read windows NTSF drive at Mac OS X system

By chadchouehow

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Since apple use intel chip, more and more people start to use apple Mac, and they also try to install windows into a Mac. Apple provide boot camp is very useful, but you can't write into NTSF drive. Here are some tools will help you... more »

How to Adjust the Autoplay Settings in Windows Vista

By Angie Shiflett

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In this particular article, you will learn how to adjust how your computer responds when a CD, or DVD is placed into the disk drive... more »

How to Backup and Restore Files with an External Hard Drive

By MidniteWriter

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You always hear it is good to backup your computer? But what exactly does this mean? What is a good choice to use to back up your computer? How do you know you can access your pictures, files and music once you store it? Read on for a few ... more »

How to Backup Data from a Broken Computer to a New One

By Allison Whyte

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It happens to everybody: Your computer's motherboard dies, the power supply is beyond salvage or the whole thing is an outdated wreck. Still, there is data on your hard drive that you don't want to lose. Transferring data from your old computer ... more »

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