"How do I dispose of old computers?" is a question we are frequently asked. Actually, the query is often about computing devices in general, not just computers. In this post, I'll share with you what you should and should not do. Keep in mind that some devices store your data - like computers, tablets, smartphones, …
Category: Hard drives
Disk Cleanup
In my post from last week, Celebrate National Clean Out Your Computer Week, I gave you a couple of ways to clean up your computer - removing duplicate files and deleting old files you haven't used in years. In this post, I want to add another way of getting back hard drive space and possibly …
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If you've followed my blog for a time, you know that I'm a huge fan of online backup for my data. We don't own a computer that doesn't have Carbonite on it to back up data. If any of my computers ever crash, I'll be able to recover all my data just by going to …
Defrag?
A question that we are asked from time to time is: "We used to have to defrag our computer's hard drive. Do I still need to do that?" The short answer is "No!" A slightly longer answer is "No, especially if your computer has a SSD (Solid State Drive)." If you aren't aware, hard drives …