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Q&A: How can protect my important work files from accidental deletion?

Posted on May 31, 2024

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Question from Ellen: Hi, Rick. I’m a freelance graphic artist and I do all of my work on a Dell desktop computer running Windows 11.

I have hundreds of images that have either already been delivered to the customer or waiting to be delivered, and about a dozen more that are works in progress.

The problem is my husband and daughter also use this computer for Facebook, homework and games. I’m deathly afraid that my important files might get deleted somehow.

Is there a dependable and secure way to make sure they don’t end up getting deleted somehow? [Read more…]

What to do if you accidentally visit a malicious website

Posted on May 23, 2024

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There are billions of websites on the Internet, and unfortunately a great number of them are malicious in some way or another.

If you happen to load a malicious web page into your web browser, bad things can happen in a hurry due to malware and other nasties being downloading onto your computer.

Luckily, it’s usually possible to avoid landing on a dangerous site by simply being careful about the links you click, but there’s always a chance that it will still happen some day regardless of how careful you are. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I delete the files that came on my new USB hard drive?

Posted on May 17, 2024

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Question from Maurine: I bought a 2TB external USB hard drive to store my large collection of old family pictures on.

When I plugged the new drive into my computer I noticed that it has several files on it already.

One is a file with info about the warranty. Another is a user guide. I’m not sure what the other two files are.

My question is can I delete all these files or do I need to keep them?

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6 solutions to data retrieval from hard drive

Posted on April 28, 2024

Looking for an efficient hard disk data recovery method? Do not worry.

All of our Windows 10/11 Data Recovery guides offer 6 techniques to recover data from internal and external hard drives. We’ll start with the most frequent causes of hard disk data loss, and then discuss data recovery methods. [Read more…]

Q&A: Can a broken light pole fry a computer?

Posted on April 26, 2024

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Question from Elaine: I came home from work yesterday evening and the power company was replacing a light pole in the neighbor’s yard that had been broken off by a wrecked car.

It took several hours for them to get the power back on, and when they did my ASUS desktop PC wouldn’t come on.

When I press the power button nothing happens. No noise of any kind, and no lights – nothing.

I know the outlet is working because the other items that are plugged into the same power strip are working fine.

Do you think the broken light pole fried my computer somehow? And if it did, can it be fixed? [Read more…]