Computer Drives & Storage

How to Change a Hard Drive

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With today's new software programs and advanced technology, you might find your hard drive is too small for your needs. Instead of buying a new computer, you can change your hard drive. Changing a hard drive on a personal computer is not ... more »

How to Change the Master/Slave Designation on a Hard Drive

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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 controlling (or startup) drive is designated the master ... more »

How to Choose Between CD-R and CD-RW Burners

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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 two technologies have different strengths and ... more »

How to Choose the Right Amount of RAM for Your New Computer

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Your computer uses random-access memory (RAM) to store the operating system, open applications, and data you're currently working on. The computer can access data in RAM much faster than data on your hard disk. Having too little RAM can slow down ... more »

How to Choose the Right Processor Speed for a Computer

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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 next few years you should invest in a fast processor... more »

How to Clean a CD-ROM Drive

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If your CD-ROM drive is not recognizing that there is a disc in the drive or your CDs are skipping, it is time to clean the CD-ROM drive. Clean your CD-ROM drive every 3 months to make sure it is free of dust, hair and other debris. Cleaning your ... more »

How to Connect a DVD Player to a Computer

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If you have a DVD player to watch movies and a video capture card on your computer, you should be able to connect the two and watch movies on your computer. You might have to resolve complicated hardware and software issues to be able to watch ... more »

How to Designate a Start-Up Drive

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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 the CMOS setup screen. This procedure applies to ... more »

How to Format a Floppy Disk

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Although disks you buy generally come preformatted nowadays, here's how to format a disk if you ever get a message that it's unreadable. Remember, formatting a disk erases all the information on it... more »

How to Format a Hard Drive With Windows XP

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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 fresh copy of Windows. Formatting a computer hard ... more »

How to Identify All Components In Your Hard Drive

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Learn to understand the components of your Hard Drive, both inside and out so that your knowledge can help you make repairs on both your computer and that of your friends. Understandingall components will give your a better understanding of how ... more »

How to Install a Hard Drive on a Windows PC

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Computers have greatly evolved over the years. Gone are the days of needing a computer science degree to make any changes to the computer's hardware. Installing a PC hard drive is easier than ever before with just a few easy steps. Your new or ... more »

How to Install an Internal Hard Drive

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These instructions are for installing a single Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard drive in a home-built computer with a standard drive bay... more »

How to make an external hard drive from your old, disused PC

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You can use the hard drive from an old, disused PC you have lying around the house to make an external hard for your laptop.. more »

How to Make Your Own USB Flash Drive

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SD Card Readers were originally created to read SD Cards, which were created to store digital files such as photos and movies. I have discovered that one can store virtually any kind of file on them and use mine to take work home with me when my ... more »

How to Optimize Performance for Disk Drives

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Windows 98 uses tools called "read-ahead optimization" and "write-behind caching" to improve performance of your hard disk and removable disks... more »

How to Partition a Hard Drive

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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 disk. These instructions describe using FDISK for PCs ... more »

How to Quick Format a Drive or Removable Media in Windows

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It is easy to quickly format a drive or some sort of removable media, such as a floppy disk or USB flash drive, in Windows. It only takes a few simple steps... more »

How to Remove a Stuck CD from CD ROM Drive

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If you have a CD that is stuck in the CD ROM drive of your computer, there is a simple method that is likely to work in removing it. To make sure that the CD is truly stuck, be sure to restart your computer and hit the CD ROM drive eject button ... more »

How to Set Up Time Machine on Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard

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Time Machine is a backup program that's included as a standard feature of Mac OSX Leopard. Once properly set up, Time Machine automatically backs up your computer periodically (also called "serial backups"), allows you to look through the past ... more »

How to Use a Flash Drive to Back Up Data

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Flash dives are increasingly being used to back up data. Flash drives offer better security, portability and storage capacity than CDs or floppy discs. A flash drive’s storage capacity usually ranges between 32 MB to 2 GB. Here is how to use your ... more »

How to Use a Flash Drive to Store Data

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Flash drives are handy personal devices that provide wide storage capacity. They are also known as ThumbDrives, key drives, jump drives and pen drives. These drives are connected to the USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports before use. Flash drives ... more »

How to Backup a Computer Onto an External Hard Drive

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Your computer can get full as you go on storing more files and folders. It is recommended to take a backup of all important data. An external storage device provides you with a backup along with saving space on your computer. An external hard ... more »

How to Buy a Flash Drive

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Flash drives are common external storage devices. They are portable and simply need to be plugged into the USB port of a computer to access files and folders. A flash drive is also known as a pen drive, ThumbDrive, USB drive and jump drive, ... more »

How to Buy a Pen Drive

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Pen drives are optional, tiny devices that can attach to your computer. You can store or transfer huge amounts of data from or onto one. Follow these steps to learn their features and compare the prices of different models of pen drives to find ... more »

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