Computer Drives & Storage

How to Buy an External DVD Burner

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A DVD (digital versatile disk) is one of the most popular storage devices used today. With a DVD burner, you can inscribe information on a blank DVD. Usually, external DVD burners are more expensive than internal ones. Look online for the best ... more »

How to Choose a New Hard Drive for Home Computer

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Depleting storage space and slower processing speeds are clear signals you need to buy a new hard drive for your computer. You may need one because the old one is damaged. There are many options available. Making the right choice is very ... more »

How to Choose an External Hard Drive for Backup

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An external hard drive is recommended if it is used primarily to store backups, transport data to another PC or secure important data. An external hard drive also provides you with additional free space to store and run other important programs ... more »

How to Choose the Best CD Burner for Storing Music

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Music lovers always want to keep a huge collection of their favorite melodies on the hard drive. With an increasing number of MP3 files, this will most likely create a space crunch. Getting these files on to a CD then becomes the best and ... more »

How to Choose the Best DVD Burner for Storing Movies

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Movies voraciously consume space on a computer's hard drive. Using DVDs to store movies clears space for storing important data and files, so investing in a DVD burner can eliminate the expense of a new external hard drive for data storage. New ... more »

How to Choose the Best Network-Attached Storage System for Your Home

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Network-attached storage, commonly known as NAS, helps you share your files across a network. NAS works like an external hard drive or a server performing the key function of network storage with no programs running on the hardware. Read on to ... more »

How to chose a hard drive raid type for a personal computer

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For home computers there are only few basic hard drive raid types you should consider. I'll cover those and give a brief explanation of them... more »

How to Clean a CD Rom Drive

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Nothing is more frustrating than when you pop a CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive, and in return, you get an error message proclaiming the drive can't read the disk. The CD could really be unreadable, or this could be a symptom of a dirty ... more »

How to Clone a Hard Drive in Windows XP

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If you plan to upgrade your computer's hard drive, you're probably looking for a way to get Windows XP on the new drive without having to completely reinstall everything. The simple solution to this problem is to clone your hard drive... more »

How to Connect Two Computers Using USB

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USB, also known as Universal Serial Bus, is one of the most useful computer-related technologies ever developed. USB is used to connect printers, keyboards, digital cameras and even MP3 players to your computer. You can also connect two computers ... more »

How to Copy Data From One Hard Drive to Another

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You need to get documents from your work PC to your home PC. Or maybe you just bought a shiny new computer and you don't want to lose all of the data on your old computer. Whatever the reason, you want to copy data from one hard drive to another... more »

How to Copy MS Calendar to a Memory Stick

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Copying files to a memory stick is similar to saving them on your computer, except in this case, you are saving the file to a device other than your hard drive. Copy MS Calendar to memory stick if you need to access your calendar from a different ... more »

How to Destroy a CD

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With identity theft wrecking havoc in people's lives, one can never be too careful when it comes to destroying sensitive data. When destroying a CD, you should make sure that there is no hope of recovering the data and that it is safe and easy to ... more »

How to Format a Memory Card

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You've been having problems with your memory card. You need to clear out its contents to make it work fine again. Or you simply need to erase all of its data. Here's how you do it... more »

How to Identify Different Types of Hard Drives

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Superficially, IDE and SATA hard drives look the same. They're the same dimensions and colored in the same manner. It's only if you read the jumble of letters and numbers on the label or look at the pin setup on the back that you can tell which ... more »

How to Install a SATA Hard Drive

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An inexpensive and useful upgrade to your computer can be a secondary hard drive or upgrading the one you already have. A new hard drive provides a welcome upgrade to the storage space on your computer. SATA hard drives have a different ... more »

How to Install IDE Hard Drive

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Many computer systems store data on devices known as hard drives. The most common hard drive interface is an IDE or integrated drive electronics drive. Installing an IDE hard drive is a typical task for any computer user and adds to the ... more »

How to Locate a Specific File or Files on a UNIX Server

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Imagine that you have saved a file but can't remember the root directory for the file location. If you know how to locate a specific file or files on a UNIX server, you will never be plagued with this problem again. Read on to learn how to locate ... more »

How to Organize Files On Your Computer

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Does it take you longer to find the file you need than it did to store it there? This article will help you to organize all of your computer files and to streamline your computer experience... more »

How to Put VHS Home Movies Onto Your Computer

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VCRs are almost impossible to find in stores these days, and when they are found, it is usually attached with a DVD player. Instead of just letting your home videos collect dust or paying hundreds of dollars to have them all converted to DVD, ... more »

How to recover lost image files

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Ever thought you had retrieved all the images from your memory card and later found out after reviewing them that some were missing, perhaps you accidentally deleted the files or formatted the card. I will show you how to recover the lost ... more »

How to Reformat a Hard Drive

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Reformatting a hard drive can be a scary idea. All that data to lose, and what if something goes wrong? Luckily, both problems can be avoided with some careful planning. This How-To will show you the steps for correctly reformatting a computer ... more »

How to Remove an External Hard Drive From its Case

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Do you need to change out the hard drive in an external hard drive case? I will teach you how to do so... more »

How to Replace TiVo With an Old Computer

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With the right software and components, you may be able to replace TiVo with your old computer. As long as your computer can run a stripped-down version of Windows XP, you can hook your old computer up to your TV and toss TiVo out the door... more »

How to Use a Memory Stick

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Don't take a chance with all your valuable computer data. Get in the habit of regularly backing up your computer. Use a memory stick to keep your information safe. You can back up your data, change the information with ease and take the files ... more »

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