Macrium Reflect is great backup software. So great that when they discontinued the free version in 2022 I decided to buy the paid version. Currently, the only free Macrium Reflect is the 30-day trial. I’ve had no problems with Macrium Reflect. However, I’ve had problems […]
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I was going to do some backups when one of my backup drives failed. Windows Explorer showed the drive letter but when I tried to access it, Windows claimed it was too corrupted. Couldn’t even run a check disk on it. Tried it on another
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When it comes to family members and some friends, I’m where old computers go to their last resting place. So I either fix them and make them work again or dissect them for parts. I recently received an HP Notebook – 15-bs023ca that looked like
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I enjoy tinkering with old computers and recently rebuilt a Pentium 4 machine on a quality Intel motherboard, D865GBF, with 2GB of memory. However, the 30GB IDE drive was beginning to fail, so I swapped it for a larger SATA drive which meant a new
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My sister had an HP Media Center Laptop at one time that had the ability to handle two hard drives. Most laptops don’t come with that option but you can still add a second hard drive by buying a special hard drive caddy that lets
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This is with a Gateway DX4380 desktop computer. I mentioned it briefly in my last article: How To Add/Change Password With Command Prompt How To Add/Change Password With Command Prompt I like to add a second hard drive to all my systems — my main
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Galaxy S3 Foibles Last month we returned from a three week European visit during which my wife’s Galaxy S3 began playing up and photos she had snapped were coming up blank or simply black images in the phone’s gallery. I quickly checked that what photos
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Hard drive failure can undoubtedly be one of the most disastrous hardware issues faced by PC users, often resulting in lost data or an unusable operating system. However, almost all hard drives these days include a feature called SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting) Technology which
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Simple SATA -> USB Adapter Sometimes you might need to temporarily hook up an internal hard drive to another computer. You might want to scan/clean an infected drive, for example, or use it as a down and dirty backup solution (mainly what I use them
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~~~~~~~~~~~~ THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED – The winning name has been drawn, and the winner is: Ron Denno Ron has been notified by email and his brand new Seagate external drive will be posted out to him as soon as we hear back. Congratulations
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