It’s Easy to Scan Your Hard Drive(s) for Errors on Windows 10 Windows 10 lets you scan your hard drive(s) for errors while you use your computer – and it’s easy to do. Open File Explorer (Windows Key + E) . Right-click on your C:\ drive, click “Properties”. When the “Properties” dialog opens, click the “Tools” tab and… Read More »
What is Using Space On Your Hard Drive? Windows 10 has a lot of features that, for the most part, go unnoticed and unused. For instance, there are dozens of programs, some free, that you can download to analyze how space on your hard drive is being used. Windows 10 has a feature built-in that will analyze your… Read More »
Jackie asks whether she choose a flash drive over a hard drive Why would one choose a flash drive over a hard drive or vice versa? I have a genealogy program as well as over a thousand pictures and need a safe storage medium. Would any of my files be compromised with a flash drive? Thanks so much… Read More »
Kaye wants to know more about external hard drives Hi. Thanks for a great newsletter! I’ve been seeing more and more ads for external hard drives lately. What’s your opinion of external hard drives and why would I need one. What are the advantages over a USB flash drive? What are the disadvantages of external hard drives? Would… Read More »
Jackie asks whether she should a choose a flash drive or a hard drive Why would one choose a flash drive over a hard drive or vice versa? I have a genealogy program as well as over a thousand pictures and need a safe storage medium. Would any of my files be compromised with a flash drive? Thanks… Read More »
You can do things like you’re doing them now or you can do them the way they should be done. We opted for the former and we both almost got burned. Had we not had our drives backed-up with mirror-image backups, we would have still been putting our computers back together. Really! If we had to start from… Read More »