May 6, 2009
I have been using Paragon tools for a while now. They make a pretty good defragmenter tool as well as a partition manager, Rescue software, Hard Drive Tools and Backup programs. None of which I have ever covered here on MakeUseOf.com for the simple fact that they cost money. We feature free products here and [...]
February 28, 2009
I am an old school network admin and when I first found out I could re-size active hard drive partitions without losing my data back in the late 90′s on a Windows NT machine – I was ecstatic. Yes I am so old school I remember when it was called The Partition Magician and it [...]
February 14, 2009
Most new external hard drives available in the market are designed to be plug and play. By plug and play, what I mean is that you can just plug in the hard drive and start using it right away. This is because the manufacturers send the disk initialised and ready to work with the most [...]
February 9, 2009
You may own a one terabyte hard disk, but the screen still shows an “Your disk is full” error message whenever you want to install a new application. Does this sound familiar to you? When I shop for hard disk, I tend to buy one that comes with a large storage space so that I [...]
January 28, 2009
One of the biggest problems still plaguing the environment today are the mass amounts of electronics being tossed out on a daily basis. This goes for everything from cell phones to televisions to your outdated stereo system. While stuff like cell phones and iPods can be easily sold, it’s the personal computer that still lacks [...]
January 25, 2009
If there is one piece of equipment in your computer that you would predict to fail first, what would it be? Some might pick the power supply, some might pick the motherboard and even some might pick the video card. Most however, are going to choose the hard drive. So, what can you do to [...]
January 7, 2009
You’ve done everything you can to get your computer back up to speed. You’ve used all the tools there are to save space, defrag, and get rid of junk. You’ve done all you can but your computer still…..runs…dead……s-l-o-w. The first thing I check on a slow computer is if it is running in PIO or [...]
January 6, 2009
One of the most annoying things about owning a computer is the maintenance. It’s easily neglected. After all you don’t really notice the slow decline of your system’s performance, do you? But then again it’s a delight to work on a freshly installed machine, where everything is smooth and responds quickly. But customization is tedious. [...]
