Has your computer crashed and your hard drive died? Or do you want to plan to be prepared for such a drastic situation? Just imagine what a disaster it would be to lose files and other information that you have been gathering for so many years! Of course you can avoid such a tragic case scenario by routinely taking backups. If taking backups seems time-consuming you can find many programs that automatically take backups while you’re not working on your computer or laptop. Even if you haven’t been taking backups, there are many utilities available to retrieve your data and you may also seek help from a professional who knows how to retrieve data and other computer files from a crashed computer.

If your Windows computer has crashed and there is no way you can access your computer files and other data there is still a way you can save your data using the Ubuntu live CD. A good thing about Ubuntu is that you can run it from a CD and so that you don’t need a hard drive. This tutorial tells you how to retrieve data and other computer files from a crash computer using the Ubuntu live CD.

Deleting your files completely is very important for the safety of your confidential information. You may also want to completely delete all your personal files from the hard disk before selling your old PC. Using some free utilities you can completely delete your files, or “shred” them  before handing your PC to someone else. This blog post illustrates one of such utilities.
Technorati Tags: deleting computer files
]]> http://www.howtoplaza.com/how-to-completely-delete-files-from-your-hard-disk/feed/ http://www.howtoplaza.com/how-to-take-out-stuck-cds-and-dvds-from-your-mac/ http://www.howtoplaza.com/how-to-take-out-stuck-cds-and-dvds-from-your-mac/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:37:51 +0000 Amrit http://www.howtoplaza.com/2007/09/20/how-to-take-out-stuck-cds-and-dvds-from-your-mac/

Although I don’t have a Mac I too have this problem with my PC and I’ve been too lazy to call up the computer guy to either fix the damn thing or get it replaced. Got a Mac and do CDs and DVDs get stuck in there occasionally and you feel like smashing the whole paraphernalia on the floor. Please don’t do that. Here’s a tutorial that tells you how to how to remove stuck CDs and DVDs from your Mac.

You don’t need to open the cabinet of your CPU to know what kind of memory is installed in your computer because you can do that simply using some features of your operating system. Memory here means the RAM you have and I guess some of us know that we require RAM to run all applications (otherwise they are residing quietly somewhere on the hard disk). Now unless you are needlessly sneaky, why do you need to know what sort of memory you have got? For upgrades. If you need to upgrade your memory you should be able to figure out what sort of memory you already have.