You might be surprised to learn that drive size is different than memory size. So a 32 gigabyte drive is really closer to 28.88 gibibytes in memory. Why the loss in size? To make more money per byte, hard drive and thumb drive manufacturers don’t use the standard 1,024 megabytes in a gigabyte. Instead, they…
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Do you own a laptop or computer with a Wi-Fi connection? Chances are you’ve had it act up, lose connection, or altogether stop working. Hopefully its not the latter because you’d be unable to read this blog. Unsure of what kind of connection your computer has and just want to learn more about it? Let’s…
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It’s the time of year everyone is getting sick and I am no exception. So during my time of illness I thought I’d write about a very common “illness” your computer may come down with. Everyone has heard of it, but not everyone has experienced it first hand. I am referring to the Blue screen of…
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More and more people are dropping off their cable boxes and switching to online streaming services such as Hulu and Netflix. I haven’t had to pay for cable in over 3 years thanks to Netflix. Mostly I watch my shows on my computer or tablet, but recently I bought a smart TV. The beauty of…
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Do you plan to shut down your company’s data storage system during the holidays? If so, to avoid potential service interruption and a headache in the New Year from data loss, read on. You might be wondering why we’re warning you about a standard shutdown, and how a shutdown could lead to data loss. Well,…
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Most people use flash drives for storage, but did you know that you can use it to boot a different operating system on your computer? Or to perform actions that Windows would otherwise block you from performing, like drive scans or disk checks while the operating system isn’t initialized? This tutorial walks you through how to create…
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