data safety

The Compelling Case for TeraCopy: Why This File Transfer Tool Wins for External Drives Transferring files—especially large volumes—between devices can be a mundane task, but it’s one that can quickly become a nightmare when things go wrong. From sluggish speeds to corrupted files and unexpected...

When it comes to managing your Windows device, safely ejecting external hardware isn’t just a minor detail—it’s a critical practice that can prevent data loss and even hardware damage. Whether you’re on Windows 11 or Windows 10, following the right steps to remove USB drives, external hard...

Ah, the sweet comfort of knowing your files are safe! If the thought of navigating backups and restores fills you with dread, you’re not alone. But when it comes to migration—say, moving your treasured photos, music, or documents from an older Windows 7 PC to the modern playground of Windows 10...

Imagine logging into your Microsoft 365 account only to find a threatening email that feels too real to dismiss. Unfortunately, this vivid nightmare has recently come true for many users across the globe. In a concerning security incident, hackers have exploited Microsoft 365's official...

Ah, sleep mode — that comforting blanket of power-saving goodness that allows us to take a break without completely shutting down our beloved machines. But what’s actually happening under the hood each time your shiny Windows PC drifts into slumber? Let’s dive deep into the intricacies of this...

This question may be quite rudimentary to many of the experts here, but I just wish to not make a mistake that causes me great issues with my system and current data. I am currently running Windows 10 using ASUS prime Z270-A motherboard and intel i5 6500 cpu. My Motherboard has TPM 2.0 enabled...

QB Desktop Enterprise 2024 Manufacturering and wholesale. I have 2 PC, 2 workers. .QBW file located in Onedrive folder, synced to both PC. Can both PC have the same .QBW company file open, and being edited simultaneously, through Onedrive? Is QB setup to do that? Is that safe? Should 2 PC edit a...

How to make GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar floating around on the Desktop all time freely. Any Way to export the rea-time sync status to an external display windows, s o as to monitor Sync Progress all time?!? 1* GoogleDriveBackUpSync Status Window and Status Bar should be...

Seems to be several opinions on this as I Google, so thought to ask you all here as well for your thoughts. Lenovo P51S with Ultradock. Two USB hard drives attached to the dock. Both set for "Quick Removal" in Device Manager. Do I need to "safely remove" these drives before hot undocking and...

Hi folks. Been Googling quite a bit and cannot find the practical differences between using two external USB drives as RAID 1 OR as a mirrored Storage Space. Can anyone tell me which is preferred and why? Thanks! ~Bob

I'm scared of partitioning D: drive to install Linux. My most important files are backed up in the cloud but have loads of stuff i don't want to loose. The process went fine for my C: drive which already had windows 7 in it. Should i expect a similar scenario for my D: drive?

I am new to the whole Macrium process but have managed to run the software and now have 4 backups. Knowing how dumb this question is, I am going to ask anyway - I can go ahead and manually delete the first one, correct? No need to keep 4 - 3 should do it. Also, Macrium did an update today. Do I...

I have an xp machine with a new install on a 1T drive. Now I think I should have had a system partition so's I have the option of reformatting and installing another OS on there - without destroying all my data. Win10 has a shrink partition ability that leaves used portions of a drive...

Backing up on ssd would be safer than hdd because no moving parts correct? So ssd failure rate is lower so just wondering how is it possible to lose data on ssd?

Hi and I hope this brings to light some of the installation woes Ive seen from many users. The only tried and tested way I found to do the upgrade...IS TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL and to use the windows 10 ISO tool. This requires also doing a clean install of the operating system you are...

My hard drive got full with just about 400mb of space left. I started the back up process and when the backup was done going onto the external hard drive, windows told me it will be installing updates (I have Windows 7). I postponed the updates and closed my laptop and have not used my laptop...

Change of plan - while playing with various Backup options, I learnt how to select a whole lot of folders and to Copy/Paste them onto my external hard drive. As all my save-worthy Folders are only about 60GB, it's easy to backup the whole lot without bothering about Incremental or Differential...

1. These drives are semi-legally sold in Australia and that creates a small problem for professional users because the users agreement is void… this means any info stored on them isn’t covered by insurance and governments, school etc can’t use them without opening themselves up to litigation if...

The recovery drive intentionally has little space as it is not intended to be used beyond storing the recovery image. You should not do anything with that drive (compressing it, adding to or subtracting from its content or absolutely anything else). It's sole purpose is to enable full system...

With all other devices I am given the option to safely eject before removal. However with my 1G USB hard drive I am not given this option. I'd be grateful if anyone knows a way around this. Thanks.