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Clean The Hard Drive Before Dumping Your PC
If you're getting rid of your computer, chances are great there's sensitive data on it. An index of files is maintained for the hard drive. When you install a file, especially a big one, it is scattered around the hard drive in bits and pieces. On your command to open...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., hard drive, shareware, sensitive information, computer, PC
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Hard Drive Crash?: Fear Not
When it comes to your computer, the hard drive is the weak link. It has a read-write head that flies just above the platters on which data is saved. The gap between the head and the platters is microscopic. If the head hits a platter, the game is up. Actually,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., hard drive, game, computer
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Turn Your iPhone into a Portable Hard Drive with DiskAid
DiskAid is a freeware utility that allows you to use your iPhone (or iPod touch) as a portable hard drive. All you do is install the program (it's available for both Windows and Mac), then connect your device. DiskAid automatically detects it and provides a familiar tree-like interface for creating...
Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Rick Broida, DiskAid, Apple iPhone, hard drive
Blog posts 2008-06-19
Visualize Your Hard Drive
As Rick has mentioned before, one of the best ways to free up space on your hard drive is to get a birds-eye view of all the stuff you've got on there and then bulk delete the stuff you've got no use for (say, temporary internet files).  I tried out...
Tags: David Goldenberg, hard drive
Blog posts 2008-05-14
Get Great Cheap Stuff
There are a couple of awesome deals I want to let you know about, both of which seem to be pretty legit. First, Mozy—one of my favorite easy data backup tools—is offering 25% off its one and two-year unlimited backup plans, meaning that you will only have to shell...
Tags: Backups, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2008-04-24
Analyze Your Hard Drive with Xinorbis (Windows)
Ever wonder what's eating all the space on your hard drive? Maybe you've got mammoth video files tucked away in places you've forgotten. Xinorbis provides a detailed analysis of the contents of local drives, network drives, and even individual directories. It can show not only what files occupy the most...
Tags: Rick Broida, Xinorbis, Microsoft Windows, hard drive
Blog posts 2008-01-09
Turn Your iPhone into a Portable Hard Drive with iPhoneDrive
Turn Your iPhone into a Portable Hard Drive with iPhoneDriveRE:Good deal
Tags: iPhoneDrive, Portable Hard Drive, Apple iPhone, hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-12-26
Kill Deleted Files Dead
Emptying your recycling bin doesn't completely erase files that you don't want other people to get a hold of. In fact, despite what your repairman might say, it's not that hard to reconstitute "deleted" documents. So if you're planning to throw away your hard drive (or if you're worried about...
Tags: Desktops, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-09-19
The Easiest Way to Backup Your Hard Drive
The Easiest Way to Backup Your Hard DriveMozy rocks!I've been using Mozy for a couple of months now and have had no problems whatsoever. I have needed to restore a couple of files, and it was easy to do. Definitely worth $5/month.Amazon S3 is another optionYou might also...
Tags: Backups, hard drive, backup
Discussion threads 2007-04-13
Clear Space on an Overcrowded Hard Drive
If your notebook is more than a year or two old, chances are good it has a smallish hard drive -- one that's probably getting pretty full right about now. Sure, you could upgrade to a larger hard drive, but that involves time and money. A better solution (one that...
Tags: Rick Broida, hard drive, Clear
Blog posts 2007-08-06
Turn Your iPhone into a Portable Hard Drive with iPhoneDrive
Any smartphone worth its salt should double as mobile storage, able to ferry files between PCs or house on-the-fly backups. Alas, the iPhone lacks that simple capability -- or did, until the release of iPhoneDrive. This $9.95 utility enables you to drag and drop files between your precious and your...
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Desktops, Handhelds, hard drive, Rick Broida, iPhoneDrive, Apple iPhone
Blog posts 2007-07-12
Get a Free Copy of Acronis True Image
Seagate DiscWizard is an OEM version of Acronis True Image, the popular hard-drive cloning/backup utility. However, while the latter will set you back $50, DiscWizard is available from Seagate's support site—free of charge. The program lets you clone an entire hard drive, create a backup image, and build boot media...
Tags: Backups, Rick Broida, Seagate DiscWizard, Seagate Technology LLC, backup, hard drive, Acronis, Acronis True Image
Blog posts 2007-06-06
Access Your Hard Drive from Anywhere
A few months ago, I told you about DesktopTwo, a nifty (free!) online personal computing environment that you can access from anywhere and lets you upload and download files quickly. Sometimes, though, Id like to be able to access much more than the two gigs of space that...
Tags: David Goldenberg, Desktoptwo, hard drive, Microsoft Access
Blog posts 2007-04-27
The Easiest Way to Backup Your Hard Drive
Sure, we all know that we should be backing up all of our files regularly. And, given that storage has dropped below a dollar per gigabyte, there are certainly no space constraints anymore. But even using the "system tools" menu on our PC to...
Tags: Backups, David Goldenberg, hard drive, backup
Blog posts 2007-04-12
Soft Goods Propel Hard Drives
Researches indicate that women avail online services more than men. Women are driving the growth of online shopping. The easy access to wide range of cosmetics, grocery, and other essential commodities has attracted women to online business. As a result, soft-goods retailers have catered to women shoppers by improving their...
Tags: Gender and diversity, PRIMEDIA Business Corp., women, cosmetics, hard drive, sales, tool
White papers 2004-07-01

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Samsung Offers Industry Leading Seven-Year Product Warranty for RAID Class Hard Drives
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, announces the industry's first seven-year product warranty for a hard disk drive. Prior hard drive warranties have been limited to three to five years. The Spinpoint F1 RAID Class (F1R) 3.5" SATA...
Articles 2008-07-16
Ferdinand the latest big name to snub Newcastle
Newcastle United's faltering summer recruitment drive was knocked back once again yesterday when Anton Ferdinand pulled out of transfer negotiations with the club. The West Ham defender was one of a group of players the club's London-based transfer team had hoped to sign. Although West Ham were...
Articles 2008-07-16
Ferdinand the latest big name to snub Newcastle
Newcastle United's faltering summer recruitment drive was knocked back once again yesterday when Anton Ferdinand pulled out of transfer negotiations with the club. The West Ham defender was one of a group of players the club's London-based transfer team had hoped to sign. Although West Ham were...
Articles 2008-07-16
RingCube and MXI Security partner to deliver a virtual desktop on the hardware-encrypted Stealth MXP Biometric USB Drive
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-RingCube and MXI Security partner to deliver a virtual desktop on the hardware-encrypted Stealth MXP Biometric USB DriveC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com RingCube Technologies, a provider of virtual workspaces, and MXI Security, a supplier of secure portable data systems, have teamed up to produce a secure...
Articles 2008-07-16
Toshiba to introduce 6 new hard disk drives
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-Toshiba to introduce 6 new hard disk drivesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) has announced six new hard disk drives that will be available in the autumn including a low noise 400GB flagship model. The 400GB 7200rpm MK4058GSX will start mass production...
Articles 2008-07-16
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