data storage and recovery

How to Transfer Files From Drive to Drive

You can free up space on your computer and make it run faster by transferring some of your files to an external hard drive, a process that just takes a few steps.

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How and Why to Keep Data and Applications on Separate Drives

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Keeping data and applications on separate drives can improve the performance of the backup and defragmentation processes, and also limit loss in the event of a drive failure.

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Help, My Task Manager Is Disabled

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If you find that your Windows Task Manager has been disabled, and you don’t have a systems administrator who could have done it, unfortunately the most likely scenario is that your computer has a virus. However, by following a few steps you can enable Task Manager.

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Should You Worry About Backing Up Gmail?

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For security and peace of mind, consider backing up your most important Gmail emails by sending them to multiple other email accounts and/or copying important messages and files and saving them to your hard drive or on CDs.

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How to Delete or Move a File That Is “In Use By Another User Or Program”

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A utility called Unlocker can allow you to move or delete a file, even if Windows returns an “access denied” error saying the file is in use by another user or program.

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How to Use SuperDuper to Make Backups and Bootable Mac Disks

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Data on an Apple Macintosh computer can be backed up with the help of software called SuperDuper, which can recover your entire hard drive and also make bootable disks.

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How to Install Recovery Console After Installing Service Pack

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If you try to install the recovery console to Windows XP, but get an error message, it could be that the version of Windows on your computer is newer than the one on the CD.

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Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

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If Windows XP won’t load, you’ll won’t be as bad off as it looks–if you’ve installed the Recovery Console. You have to add the Windows XP Recovery Console manually, but it only takes a few steps to do so.

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How to Install a Second IDE Hard Drive

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Don’t be afraid to open you computer to install a second IDE hard drive. It’s easy to find the rack for the second hard drive and match up the connections.

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How to Use an External Hard Drive to Back Up Photos and Other Important Files

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Gain extra storage space and back up your photos, music and important documents by using an external hard drive that connects to your computer via USB.

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