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Hard Drive Has Died

January 14th, 2011 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

Hard drives are destined to fail. It’s just a matter of when. As terrifying as its sounds, it’s true. It’s scary because your entire life can be on that drive in the form of valuable documents, pictures or other data. It’s important to backup and be prepared for this fact before you boot up the [...]

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How does disk defrag work?

February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, Storage

The word “disk defrag” is typically used to refer to the Microsoft Windows utility called Disk Defragmenter. It is designed to solve a problem that occurs because of the way hard disks store data. If you have read the article How Hard Disks Work, then you know three key facts about hard disks: 1. Hard [...]

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