The Hard Drive Issue
Today's TOURBUS is all about the hard drive. Learn how to reformat your hard drive, clean up space hogging files, or fix a failing drive. Get the scoop on repartitioning your hard drive, recover deleted files, or add a second drive to your computer. Find out how to share your drive online, and the benefits of defragging your drive. Optimize a new drive or revive an older one. Get the facts on buying, using and maintaining your hard drive without the geeky jargon... Read on!
REFORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE
A reader disappointed in his system performance asked me this: "I have Windows XP and the system has gotten very slow and flaky. I would like to learn how to reformat the drive. Can you teach me in simple English how to completely format the drive and then re-install the operating system?" Read this article to find out how to do exactly that, and why you might NOT want to reformat...
Do you have a clean hard drive? If you're selling a computer or discarding a hard drive, you'll want to clean off your personal files first. Or maybe you're getting that annoying "low disk space" message. Don't ignore it, or your computer could soon begin to malfunction. Here's how to clean your hard drive and make sure your computer is running smoothly.
Picture this... you're working away on an important project and the computer freezes. You reboot, but instead of the familiar startup screen, you see a black screen with one of these ominous messages: DISK BOOT FAILURE... ERROR READING FIXED DISK... or HARD DRIVE FAILURE. Don't panic just yet, there may be hope for recovery of that damaged hard drive.
It's happened to all of us at some point. One stray mouse click, and poof! You've deleted an important file. But is it gone forever? Maybe not. Here are my tips and recommended tools to recover deleted files from the nether regions of a hard drive...
Sounds like a country music song, but a messed up Master Boot Record can prevent your computer from booting up. If you try to start Windows and get 'MBR Corrupt' or 'Error loading operating system' here's what to do...
Adding a second hard drive to a computer system is an easy way to alleviate storage problems without buying a whole new computer. But what kind of drive? And are they easy to install? Read on for my hard drive buying tips and installation help...
If you just got a shiny new hard drive with several hundred megabytes of storage, you may be wondering about partitioning strategies. Is it best to go with one large partition, or many partitions for various types of data. Read these articles for my advice on partitioning, the Three Partitioning Myths, and what tools to use when (re)partitioning your drive.
Have you noticed your computer running a bit slow lately? It might be time to defragment your hard drive. Your hard drive does need to be cleaned out regularly and defragmented in order to keep everything working better. Here's the why and how of defragging...
Did you know that you can share all or part of your hard drive online, and control which people can access your files? Learn how to securely share your hard drive on the Internet, and explore web-based file storage options...
Send a Free Fax Learn how to send and receive faxes for free, using online fax services.
Make Windows Run Faster Here's my special recipe to clean that icky goo out of your computer's pipes, so Windows will start quicker, run more reliably, and go faster on the info-superhighway.
Free Calls With Skype Skype is a software package that lets you make free calls to almost anyone, anywhere in the world. Here's how to get started...
Free Internet Security Software Staying safe on the Internet doesn't have to cost big bucks. Here are my recommendations for the best FREE anti-virus, anti-spyware, and popup blocker software.
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