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How to fix the hard drive by using Hair Dryer Method

For the last resort (when the drive really did die, it-is-not-even-spinning type crashes), there is a possible solution that comes from the early days of hard drives. Back then you were not supposed to turn them off—I don’t know why but IBM said never turn them off unless you are standing there.
One of our main […]

How to recover data from failed hard drive by put in freezer

Well, I won’t start playing with your specific situation, too many steps or possible solutions where everything starts “If that last thing didn’t work try…”
But I’ll give you one for free that was a nice hero moment for me. Had a drive where it sounded like the drive motor was engaging but not getting anywhere, […]

Shutdown Windows but computer power won’t turn off

When you try to shutdown your computer, but the power of your computer still stay on. The best way to shut completely down is “hold the computer power button for 5 seconds, then release”, 95% of the change is your system will shut down. If it still did not work, unplug the power cable.

Computer desktop did not boot

What’s the feeling that when you turn your computer on and there is nothing happen? Even this computer you just purchase just few months or even you just upgrade your PC. Here are some tips you can take a look.
1. The first thing you want to do is double check your power source. Take a […]

Window XP Could Not Detect USB Flash Drive

Many people just bought some USB flash drive from computer store, plug it in but window XP did not recognize USB drive or even those you saw window found it, but when you open your Window explorer, you could not find the drive, here I will show you some basic trick to fix the problems.
1.Computer […]

How To Troubleshoot And Repair Power Supply Problems On PC

The Power Supply convert’s your regular household current into low DC voltage used by the computer. When this component fails,there is simply no activity going on wih your computer. Remember to do the easy troubleshooting first.Inspect the Power Supply for any damage.Double-Check all connections.
Learning how to check your power supply and how to replace it […]

Computer Diagnostic

The diagnostics that are associated with computers can help to identify any problem or failure that computers show when they are having problems. Diagnostics are used to test out the computer system, which includes both the BIOS and memory, software, and even the hardware that is attached to the computer.
The most common types of problems […]

Computer Security Password Tool

I has been working with computer field for couple of years and never have to deal with computer security password recovery, until one day a customer called me and ask me for help to recover his Window XP password, I tried to ask him to think of every thing that he can remember off, but […]

Secrets how to fix computer crash and run slow

How do I fix your pc because it keeps crashing is a common question. There are many reasons why computer crashes and even run slow. The (secret) is registry if ignored, which will get slower, produce more and more errors and even crash at sometimes. The amount of memory needed is not sufficient. Also another […]

Speed computer boot up by using MSconfig command

By using MSconfig command for Window XP, you can be able to disable some of unused options while your computer are booting up, besides which will help speed up your computer performance.
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