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Two great ways to clone a hard drive or SSD

Posted on January 15, 2024

Many of the questions I receive at RicksDailyTips deal with replacing hard drives and SSDs.

After all, drives go bad and they have to be replaced, and folks are always wanting to upgrade their drives to something larger and faster.

I guess that’s why one of my most frequently asked questions is “How do I clone a hard drive (or SSD)?”

Well, today I’m going to answer that question by briefly describing two drive cloning methods that I’ve written about in the past.

Those two methods range from “inexpensive, and slightly complicated” to “just slightly more expensive, but dead-simple“: [Read more…]

Posted on January 14, 2024

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Question from Shelby: I bought a new computer the other day.

The salesman told me I won’t need to plug it into a surge protector because the power supply automatically protects it from over-voltage.

Posted on January 13, 2024

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Like most of us who are living through the Internet age, chances are you receive gift cards via email on occasion.

For example, you might receive a gift card as compensation for filling out a survey or performing some other task.

Or of course it could simply be a gift from someone. [Read more…]

Posted on January 13, 2024

Question from Troy: I have a three year old Windows 10 laptop that has a broken screen.

The screen is smashed pretty good and it won’t light up at all.

I checked and it would cost more to have the screen replaced than the laptop is really worth.

I plan to just junk it, but I have a lot of files on there that I’d really like to get off of it first.

Do you think I’ll be able to save my files? [Read more…]