Reader Jeanne Wright wrote me about her recent hard drive failure:
My computer just crashed and I had to have a new hard drive installed. Is there any way to get the information on my files and folders from the old hard drive? If so, where can I find someone to do [...]
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Why Back Up Your Computer?
As a long-time personal computer user, I learned the importance of backing up my data long, long ago.
There are just too many things that can go wrong when you’re working on your computer. Whether it is a hard drive that goes bad (or a floppy, in the old days), or a mental lapse on [...]
Serial ATA Drives and PC Problems
Reader Ian Holland wrote after reading one of my Special Edition Newsletters, which sometimes go to email subscribers:
Hi Terry,
Just read your VERY absorbing newsletter, I have a ( moronic??) question about those SATA hard drives.
I recently ( 2006) built 5 pcs for the [...]
Adding a SATA Hard Drive to Your System
In order to use a hard drive with an existing Windows XP system, you have to prepare the hard drive before Windows XP can use it.
The good news is that you can do this in Windows XP while WinXP is running, and even while you are doing something else.
To do this, you want the Disk [...]
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