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Computer Backup Options | Choosing Local Versus an Online Computer Backup

by Rod Dunne December 21, 2010

Doing a data backup should be a critical part of every PC owner’s regular computer repair and maintenance activities. There are currently two computer backup options to choose from (a) using an online computer backup service and (b) local backups that use computer backup programs to synchronized files. Here, we’ll take a look at the (more)

4 Ways To Do Hard Disk Crash Data Recovery

by Rod Dunne November 5, 2010
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Computers can crash due to a variety of software and hardware issues. If you haven’t been keeping up with doing backups as part of your regular PC maintenance and repair activities then you may need to resort to hard disk crash data recovery techniques. In this article, we’ll go through four different approaches to hard (more)

How To Recover Data From Crashed Hard Drive Partitions

by Rod Dunne September 1, 2010

This article shows how to recover data from crashed hard drive partitions using five different ways. Each approach can be used for trying to recover hard disk data after a system/software related crash. Crashes due to mechanical/component damage limit your options to using data recovery experts to attempt a lost file retrieval. Our separate post (more)

Recovering Deleted Data In 3 Simple Steps

by Rod Dunne July 27, 2010

Recovering deleted data from a hard drive or storage device is one of the simpler PC repairs that everyone can do. The important point is to act fast before your file is overwritten. Here, we’ll step through the 3 steps to recover lost files. 1 – Before You Begin The sooner you try to recover (more)

Hard Drive Crash Recovery

by Rod Dunne July 7, 2010

There are three common scenarios for making a successful hard drive crash recovery. Here, we’ll look at these scenarios and what workarounds and PC repairs can be attempted to make a full data recovery. Windows Reboots Correctly If you are fortunate, then the hard drive crash may only be a minor fault and your computer (more)