Aug 10
If your computer is running slow or you are unable to run certain programs you may have considered at some point upgrading the memory in your laptop. What most people don’t realise is that a laptop memory upgrade is probably the best thing you can do for your laptop and when taken into consideration the …
May 11
How can I destroy my hard drive and the data on it? Most of us have an old hard drive laying around and even those not as techie have an old computer they would love to get rid of but wont because they don’t know how to destroy a hard drive and they are scared …
May 08
In my line of work I get many calls about the below common problems and if I was to estimate I would say that at least 25% of them could be solved using the list below to troubleshoot the cause. Not only will this get you up and running quicker with a sense of achievement …
May 03
Many people assume that the inside of a hard drive is extremely complicated and while what it does is complex the inside of a hard drive is not a complicated as you may think. Some may even be surprised at what the hard drive platter looks like (where all that valuable data is stored) I …
Apr 29
We have all experienced our computer running slow at some point and sometimes the cause is never clear. Sometimes it is simply be the fact the computer is ageing and it is time for it to be replaced and other times a complete reinstall of the operating system can have a dramatic effect on the …
Apr 21
Since Apple released iOS 5 and iCloud last summer, people with iPhones, iPads, and Macs have enjoyed a much more cohesive experience with apps, email, and contacts management. iCloud introduced Apple’s first “update in place” option, and for the first time, allowed users to fully set up their iDevices without having to plug into a …
Mar 19
Slow computer? Blue screens? This tutorial shows you how to check your computer memory to see if it is faulty. Blue screens are often caused by memory errors and it is one of the things I replace most on computers. Memory is like a librarian it distributes the data around so if your librarian (memory) …
Mar 09
Fragmentation happens to a hard disk over time as you save, change, or delete files and learning how to defragment your hard drive can help extend your computers life and speed it up. Over time, both the file and the hard disk itself become fragmented, and your computer slows down as it has to look …
Mar 07
The Check Disk Utility, also known as CHKDSK, is a disk utility program found in Microsoft Windows. Use of this utility is part of the recommended routine maintenance for keeping a PC running at peak performance. The utility scans the hard drive(s) for bad storage blocks on the physical disk. Files stored on bad blocks …
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