hard drive

ScanDisk in Windows 7

24 oct 2010

Windows XP had a useful utility called ScanDisk that would check your hard drive for any bad sectors, damaged files, and other problems. For some reason, ScanDisk is not available as a standalone utility in Windows 7 but there’s a new way to check your hard disk as illustrated in the above screencast.

How to Check the Health of your Hard Drive

30 aug 2010

This guide descibes how you can test the health of your computer’s hard disk before they malfunction. Also learn about free hard drive diagnostics tools that can catch most drive errors.

Compare SSD with Hard Disk Drives

01 apr 2010

This video explains the different between traditional hard disk drives and SSDs or solid state drives.

Download Acronis True Image for Free – Disk Cloning Software

02 feb 2009

Acronis True Image is a commercial disk cloning utility and costs around $50 per license but here’s how you can download the full license version of Acronis True Image 10 Personal Edition for free with a valid serial number.

Is Your Hard Disk Making Strange Clicking Sounds?

12 nov 2008

If you hear strange clicking noises coming from the computer, it could be signs of a damaged hard disk drive.

Finished Installing Windows Vista SP1 ? Now Remove All The Junk Files

20 mar 2008

When you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on your computer, the SP1 installer will not remove the older versions of Vista files from the hard drive. This is because the older files may be required in case you decide to uninstall SP1 later from the system.