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HDD Repair Freeware Options

by Rod Dunne December 14, 2011

The best HDD repair freeware choices you can make center around Windows tools and manufacturer applications. In this post I’ll show you where to find these tools and how to get the best from them. Before making any repairs with these products you should be sure to make backup copies of your data. These products (more)

HDD Repair Bad Sectors

by Rod Dunne December 9, 2011

In terms of HDD repair bad sectors are one of the more common types of faults or corruption you can experience. Software is available that can attempt to repair the fault but it can’t be guaranteed to work every single time. Here I’ll show you what tools can be used and how best to use (more)

HDD Repair Software: Which Tools Work Best?

by Rod Dunne December 8, 2011

There are a number of different HDD repair software choices available. This can make it difficult to decide which one to choose. In this article I’ll show you a reliable way of choosing which product is best for your system. If you do experience bad sectors or other corruption to the hard drive then your (more)

Finding A Good HDD Repair Tool

by Rod Dunne March 4, 2011

Picking the right HDD repair tool involves deciding between using the operating system available tools, commercial options or a manufacturer’s choice. In this post I’ll cover the three options and how each can help with your repairs. Before using any of these products you should make sure to backup all of your data for safekeeping. (more)

HDD Repair Tools: Free And Commercial Choices

by Rod Dunne January 23, 2011

There are relatively few HDD repair tools available on the market these days. This is a consequence of the fact that each hard drive is designed independently so no one single tool is going to be capable of fixing them all. Here, I’ll show you how some free and commercial tool choices can be used (more)

Cheap Hard Drive Recovery: Software for Repairs and Recovery

by Rod Dunne December 20, 2010
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The arrival of cheap hard drive recovery applications and HDD repair utilities have made it possible to recover critical data in many circumstances and also fix a broad range of software faults affecting hard disks. In this article, we’ll take a look at some suggested computer maintenance programs for internal and external hard drive recovery (more)

Broken Hard Drive: Simple Diagnosis and Repair

by Rod Dunne December 14, 2010

There are some general ways to diagnose a broken hard drive. Here, we’ll look at some of the hardware and software checks that you make prior to calling upon the services of data recovery experts. Finally, the nuances of diagnosing a broken external hard drive or laptop hard drive finish off the post. Hardware Faults (more)

Broken Computer – Repairs, Recovery And Recycling

by Rod Dunne October 29, 2010
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It is surprising how many people will not attempt to fix a broken computer for themselves (instead resorting to computer repair services) when in fact, some simple computer maintenance and repairs techniques can resolve most hardware and software issues quite easily. In this article, we’ll step through some straight forward approaches to desktop and laptop (more)

Bad Sector Repair: How To Fix Bad Sectors On A Hard Disk

by Rod Dunne October 2, 2010

Harddisk bad sector repair is one of the easier tasks to perform. However, it won’t always fix PC errors 100% of the time and you may end up losing data on these bad sectors of the disk in some cases. This article look at bad sector repairing options and tools. Causes Of The Fault The (more)

External Hard Drive Repair

by Rod Dunne September 6, 2010

External hard drive repair has become increasingly important given the volume of critical data we backup and save to these disks. An external hard disk is more likely to experience physical damage due to it being so portable. And software/file system faults can easily occur, just as with internal hard drives. However it should still (more)