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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…]

How to recover lost files after emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows 10

Posted on March 28, 2024

Emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows 10 is a very simple process. However, while it seems too easy to run, it can cause more harm than good.

You may be dealing with a jammed storage right now and want to create more space by deleting files. This is an okay idea.

When you delete files that are taking up space, they will go to the Recycle Bin automatically. And, since they still utilize space in the Recycle Bin, you may want to follow them there and empty the Recycle Bin once and for all.

If this is what you did and you are wondering where some of your files are, then that needs urgent attention. Which is why we have prepared this article. [Read more…]